DPRD Kaji Godok Regional Regulation Eradicating LGBT In West Sumatra

Photo of the Great Mosque of Sheikh Ahmad Khatib Al-Minangkabawi West Sumatra, one of the icons of Ranah Minang. (ANTARA/Muhammad Zulfikar)

The Regional House of Representatives (DPRD) of West Sumatra Province (West Sumatra) is reviewing plans to form a regional regulation (perda) to eradicate public ills, especially lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgenders (LGBT) in Minang.

"The West Sumatra DPRD is reviewing the possibility of forming a regional regulation related to LGBT," said Deputy Chairman of the West Sumatra Provincial DPRD Nanda Satria as reported by ANTARA, Saturday, January 4.

According to Nanda, currently there are areas in West Sumatra that have already made the regional regulation for the eradication of LGBT. Therefore, the DPRD assesses that the provincial government also needs to do the same.

This step is expected to be a solution to overcome community diseases in the area known as the philosophy "Indi Syarak Tradition, Syak Basahdi Bookullah"

"Local governments must design a strategy with the community to solve this problem effectively," he said.

According to him, deviant behavior such as LGBT is closely related to HIV/AIDS. In addition to forming regulations, the local DPRD urges the government to further intensify socialization of the prevention of infectious diseases through various publications such as billboards and government-owned videotrons.

"In the future, regional government billboards or videotrons must contain educational content about the dangers of people's diseases. Don't just show photos of regional heads," he reminded.

Meanwhile, the Head of the Padang City Health Office, Srikurnia Yati, revealed that of the 308 total HIV cases in Padang, 166 cases (53.8 percent) came from outside the city.

Meanwhile, the other 142 cases (46.2 percent) are residents of Padang City.

Of the number of people with HIV, the Padang City Health Office noted that the highest cases were in Koto Tangah District, namely 40 cases and 22 cases in Lubuk Begalung District.

Meanwhile, the smallest cases were in Lubuk Kilangan District, namely four cases.

In the findings of the Padang City Health Office, more than half of cases attacked individual productive ages, namely the range of 24 to 45 years. The behavior of male sex men (NGOs) is one of the main causes of the increase in HIV numbers in the city of Padang.