Bela Zulhas' Son Regarding Allegations Of Blasphemy: A Member Of The House Of Representatives Also Becomes A Provocateur Of This Issue

Chairman of the PAN DPP and son of Zulkifli Hasan, Zita Anjani, at the Jakarta Bawaslu Office, Thursday, December 21. (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - The son of the General Chairperson of the PAN DPP, Zulkifli Hasan, Zita Anjani, emphasized that there was no provocation or religious complaint related to a video clip of Zulhas' words joking about prayer. "It is impossible for PAN to make provocations, let alone religious complaints," said Zita, who is also the Chair of the PAN DPP, when met at the Central Jakarta Bawaslu Office, Thursday, December 21, was confiscated by Antara. According to Zita, his father's statement at that time was merely a form of happy, peaceful and happy political message. On the other hand, he was suspicious that there were people who were "playing" related to religious issues so as to divide the momentum of the 2024 General Election. Even though the issue was no longer amen. "I regret that there were members of the Indonesian House of Representatives who participated in becoming provocateurs regarding this religious issue," he said. Moreover, he said, Zulhas really admired and considered figures such as Ustaz Abdul Somad as UAZ and Anies Baswedan as mentors related to religion. Therefore, he emphasized that the statement conveyed by Zulhas at that time was an invitation to peace from practicing religious politics. The invitation was conveyed jokingly. Then, he considered Zulhas's statement in his activities as Minister of Trade also reasonable to apply as a moment as the General Chair of PAN. "It's only natural when at a public event seeing him is not only the Minister of Trade but also as the Head of PAN and there may be questions according to his capacity," he said.

Dengan demikian, Wakil Ketua DPRD DKI Jakarta itu menegaskan, tidak menjadi masalah apakah pernyataan yang disampaikan Zulhas itu dalam kapasitas sebagai siapa, lantaran poin yang disampaikan, yakni ajakan pemilu damai.Terlebih, dia juga mengaku tidak takut jika ada yang mau melaporkan kasus tersebut kepada pihak berwajib.Pernyataan Zulhas diduga menista agama disampaikan saat acara Rakernas Asosiasi Pedagang Pasar Seluruh Indonesia (APPSI) di Semarang, Selasa 19 Desember. Zulhas kemudian ramai dibicarakan di media sosial, bahkan kata kunci untuk pencarian “Zulhas” di X mencapai 29,4 ribu unggahan hingga Rabu 20 Desember sore.