Guarantee for Worship
The constitution is a basic law. In our constitution, the 1945 Constitution, the freedom to worship is guaranteed.
Stakes in the Bogor City Government asset land which was granted for the construction of the Yasmin Indonesian Christian Church (GKI) in West Cilendek, West Bogor, Bogor City, West Java, Sunday (13/6/2021). Bogor Mayor Bima Arya Sugiarto submitted evidence of a land grant from the Bogor City Government to be built into GKI Yasmin.
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo reiterated this on Tuesday (17/1/2023) while opening a coordination meeting of the Regional Leadership Communication Forum (Forkopimda) in Sentul, Bogor regency, West Java. The President underlined that the Constitution cannot be defeated by a regional agreement.
As a basic law that provides the basis of other legal outputs, it is clear that there is no legal output that may deviate from the 1945 Constitution. Such a rule is not allowed, let alone when it is merely an agreement created by a group of people in a region that obstructs the freedom to worship.