PAN: Zulkifli Hasan Impossible To Blasphemy Religion

Deputy Chairperson of the National Mandate Party Yandri Susanto. (ANTARA/HO-PAN)

Deputy Chairperson of the National Mandate Party (PAN) Yandri Susanto said PAN Chairman Zulkifli Hasan or Zulhas could not commit blasphemy.

"With the existing track record, it is impossible for Zulkifli Hasan to commit blasphemy against religion," Yandri said as quoted by ANTARA, Wednesday, December 20.

This was said by Yandri in response to a video clip of Zulhas' remarks joking about praying. According to Yandri, Zulhas' statement was solely to remind people not to be fanatical.

"Bang Zul (Zulhas, ed. conveyed this solely because he wanted to remind us all that it should not be because of excessive fanaticism and then change one's prayer procedures," he said.

He said Zulhas' statement was an analogy so that it was easy for the public to understand.

"The phenomenon of rifts because different choices have begun to appear, although not too big. Well, this is where Bang Zul gave an example with something that is easily understood by the public," Yandri continued.

Yandri hopes that identity politics will not appear again in elections. He also invited all parties to prioritize tabayun and husnuzan, so as not to fertilize the spread of hoax news in the community.

"Let us carry out the election by prioritizing polite politics. We put forward tabayun and husnuzan in every existing problem," said Yandri.

Previously, Zulhas conveyed a joke about the change in society during prayers, namely by not saying 'amen' after reading the letter Al-Fatihah and pointing at two fingers when the tahiyatul was final.

Zulhas made this statement when giving a speech at the National Working Meeting of the Indonesian Market Traders Association (APPSI) in Semarang, Tuesday (19/12). Zulhas was then widely discussed on social media.