CIDISS. Despite the pressure, protest and rejection from many circles, through a vote held on Tuesday, October 24 yesterday, the House finally endorsed Perppu Number 2 of 2017 on CSOs into law. The decision is nothing but the embodiment of the government’s firmness.
The diversity that becomes the background of Indonesian society can only live under the auspices of Pancasila, therefore the government publishes strong rules to suppress any threats that could threaten the existence of Pancasila. This CSO Act is based on several attempts to undermine Pancasila and cause national problems, so the government tries to prevent it by organizing mass organizations not to use freedom of movement by fighting against ideology.
However, for opposing groups, this is a real threat that can destroy its essence. Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia (HTI), for example, considers the legalization of the Perppu Ormas to become a law showing the actual transactions of politics, eliminating rational politics.
Seven of the ten factions present at the Plenary Session agreed to the adoption of the law. They are PDI-P, PPP, PKB, Golkar, Nasdem, Democrats, and Hanura. Although three of them, namely PPP, PKB, and Democrats requested that the government is pleased to revise the Perppu with Parliament.
Since the revocation of the status of its legal entity, HTI has sent a judicial review to the Constitutional Court to the Constitutional Court and automatically fails because the Perppu has been passed into law.
Although the initial lawsuit was declared dead, but HTI spokesman Ismail Yusanto stated that his side would soon file a lawsuit against the Constitutional Court after the Government Regulation in Lieu of Law No. 2 of 2017 on Community Organization (Perppu Ormas) – invite.
HTI which currently has no official legal entity in the government, should “know” by not filing a Judicial review, because the government’s decision to immediately pass the Act on Social Organization has been right for the sake of NKRI.
By: Mirwan Achmad*)
