The Palace Takes Down Petamburan

The plan to ban the Islam Defenders Front (FPI) emerged after Rizieq Shihab’s return from Saudi Arabia. President Joko Widodo is said to be the one who wanted the organization disbanded. Jokowi received input from businesses to improve the investment climate. FPI’s political power is considered as weakening.

Stefanus Pramono

January 11, 2021

ON Monday, November 28, 2020, Deputy Minister of Justice and Human Rights, Omar Sharif Hiariej, received a document from a representative of the coordinating ministry for political, legal, and security affairs. The letter was a draft joint decision letter (SKB) by three ministers and three state institution leaders regarding the banning of Islam Defenders Front (FPI) activities, symbols and attributes. “I immediately studied the draft,” Eddy

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