Had Been Rejected, Gibran Rakabuming Claims That The Church In Banjarsari Solo Was Accepted By Residents Only A Matter Of Permit

Solo Mayor Gibran Rakabuming Raka followed up on cases of unlicensed places of worship in Banyuanyar Village, Banjarsari District, Solo, Central Java/DOK ANTARA

Solo Mayor Gibran Rakabuming Raka followed up on cases of unlicensed places of worship in Banyuanyar Village, Banjarsari District, Solo, Central Java. "I suggest that the permit be completed first. After I check, it is not complete (the permit, ed.)," he said in Solo, quoted from Antara, Monday, June 19. There are no other problems outside the permit. Even local residents don't really mind the existence of the house of worship. "It's just a matter of permission, if the residents actually accept it," he said. On the same occasion, Banjarsari Sub-district Head Beni Supartono Putro told that initially a number of Muslim citizens in Banyuanyar held a parade to welcome 1 zuhijah. Then some of them suddenly put up banners at two points containing rejection of the existence of places of worship. "But then on that day they were also released by them. The reason was because they had not permission and held unlicensed worship," he said. He emphasized that the incident was not an incident of intolerance. "The problem is because the permit has not been taken care of. We encourage the church to build a house of worship to take care of the permit. That's all," he said. He said the process is still ongoing. From an administrative perspective, according to him, it also needs to be checked first. "This means formal and material law. For all of us, what is important must be fulfilled. The formal is according to the rules for the establishment of any church, materially it is the environment, local residents must be resolved," he said. Meanwhile, after meeting Gibran, Pastor of GKJ Nusukan Pastor Eko said he did not know which group the action was taking. "But on behalf of the Banyuanyar Islamic citizens, they only installed MMT, they refused to transfer private houses to places of worship," he said. However, he said, now the problem has been resolved. "Yesterday it was finished because there were mass organizations that accompanied them so that they lowered their own banners. It was a misunderstanding, there was indeed development (gereja, ed.) but it's not like that," he said.