Capital Punishment

Capital punishment is opposed to the Constitution, says Todung Mulya Lubis.

Todung Mulya Lubis, a lawyer representing four condemned-to-death narcotics offenders in Jakarta, says that the death penalty is in contradiction of the 1945 constitution, given that the constitution guarantees the right each citizen to live his life.

Todung Mulya Lubis.

Additionally, he says that the …

Comment by Achmad Sudarsono: … imagine what the PKS would say ? * A Singapore …

Islamic Political Unity

… Hamid and Hasbi Abdullah (PPP & ex-GAM) with 16.73%, Azwar Abubakar and Nasir Jamil (PAN & PKS) with 11.03%, Iskandar Hosein and Saleh Manaf (PBB & seven small parties) with 6.42%, and Tamlicha Ali and Herman Nuriqman (PBR-PPNU-PKB) with just 3.87%. Add all those votes together, he said, and an Islamic candidate would have won, provided that all the Islam based parties had agreed to join forces for the election.

Forming coalitions in Aceh was especially important, he said, …

Nur Mahmudi Ismail

… and public servants working for the Depok city administration were having the ideology of the PKS forced onto them.

Big in Depok, Nur Mahmudi Ismail.

As an example he said that employees who did not attend religious services held by the PKS were unlikely to see their careers blossom. He named mayor Nur Mahmudi, who has been in office since 2005 when he won 44% of the vote, as the figure behind the policy of "encouraging" employees to attend the services, which are conducted by …

Partai Hanura

… Wiranto says Hanura will seek to imitate the Justice Party, Partai Keadilan Sejahtera (PKS), in its upholding of high moral values and good character, and will seek to recruit members who are pure of heart.

He said the party had managed to attract a number of experienced political figures including Nico Daryanto, Fuad Bawazier, Samuel Kotto (formerly of PAN), Djafar Badjeber (the founder of the PBR, Partai Bintang Reformasi) and Ary Mardjono (former secretary general of Golkar). …

Irwandi Yusuf & Muhammad Nazar

… Tamiang, and Aceh Singkil.

Bringing up the rear are Azwar Abubakar and Nasir Jamil from PAN and PKS with 140,792 votes (12,5%), Iskandar Husein and M Saleh Manaf with 79,743 votes (7%), Ghazali Abbas Adan and Salahuddin Al Fata with 71,172 votes (6,3%), Tamlicha Ali and Harmen Nuriqmar with 50,152 votes (4,5%), and hopelessly unpopular are Djali Yusuf and RA Syaukas Rahmatillah with 39,652 votes (3,5%).

The KIP has yet to receive ballot boxes from Sabang, Aceh Jaya, Bireuen, East Aceh …

RUU Pornografi

… Additionally, the ten parties represented on the special committee, from the Islamist PKS to the secular PDIP, have all agreed on the new form of the bill. metrotv

The belly button issue seems to have been settled.

It is hoped that the bill will come before parliament in the next session, between January and April 2007. Said Zaenal Maarif detik , in likely reference to the objections previously raised by non-Muslim areas of the country, such as in Bali : …

Ratu Atut Chosiyah

… Marissa Haque, representing the Partai Syarikat Islam (PSI) and the Partai Keadilan Sejahtera (PKS), it appears, according to the latest results, that the team of Ratu Atut Chosiyah (who is the present governor) and M. Masduki (deputy governor), from the "secular" parties of PDI Perjuangan and Golkar respectively, have won the day in Banten, on the far western tip of Java, near Jakarta.

Ratu Atut Chosiyah.

Ratu Atut had previously again won the PDI's nomination for gubernatorial …

War Criminal

… the speaker of parliament (DPR RI) and a former leader of the Islamist Prosperous Justice Party (PKS), said in Magelang, Central Java, on the 23rd of November, that president Bush of the United States was a war criminal and the Indonesian parliament should take the initiative and report him to the International Court of Justice in the Hague, Netherlands.

Hidayat Nur Wahid.

Speaking after he had officiated at the opening of the Jami mosque at the Gontor VI Darul Qiyam Islamic …

Comment by penggunabusway: … issues in his party, PKS

National Pride

… the eyes of the United States, says parliamentarian Fahri Hamzah of the Partai Keadilan Sejahtera (PKS).

Indonesia was a big country, he said, big in both population and amount of natural resources, and the leaders of the nation should use this fact as a bargaining chip, and not bend over backwards for foreign leaders. Founding father of the nation, Mohammed Hatta, had stated that it were better the country be drowned at sea than let other powers abuse it, Hamzah said.

The security …

Comment by Orgindo: … sure that FPI or PKS or whatever dont represent us all …

Quantity, Quality & Power

Muslims are numerically superior in Indonesia but quantity does not lead to quality, says Muhammadiyah boss Din Syamsuddin, nor does it lead to power, says Abu Bakar Ba'asyir.

Despite the fact that Muslims were overwhelmingly the majority in Indonesia their contribution to the nation was not in accord with their numbers. Din said :

Even though Muslims make up a majority compared to …

Comment by jack_hartawan: … keadilan sejahtra (pks) will be rulling Indonesia within …

Muslim Political Attitudes

… Agree - 9%

Do you feel close to....?

Parties with Islamic platforms (like PPP, PKS) - 5%
Parties based in Islamic organisations (like PAN, PKB) - 5%
Secular parties (like Golkar, PDI-P) - 13%

Do you feel close to....?

PKS - 2.3%
PBB - 0.5%
PPP - 2.2%
PAN - 1.5%
PKB - 3.2%

If an election were held now who would you vote for?

Parties with Islamic platforms (like PPP, PKS) - 9%
Parties based in Islamic organisations …

Zulkieflimansyah & Marissa Haque

… being the candidates of both the obscure Partai Syarikat Islam and the Partai Keadilan Sejahtera (PKS).

Marissa Haque, before and after.

For celebrity obsessed Indonesians the figure of Marissa Haque represents the main reason why the election has received so much media coverage of late. Originally a lawyer and part time model, and then a well known actress, starring in various movies, such as " Kamp tawanan wanita " (1983), Marisa entered politics in 2004 and became a …

Israeli Aircraft

… gone to Israel to negotiate a price for the drones.

Suripto of the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) also criticized the government for not consulting the House defence commission about buying the planes. He accused the Defense Ministry of trying to conceal the fact that it aimed to get the drones from Israel. He said:

Such cover-ups are common practice when Israeli companies are involved.

Continued.....

Juwono Sudarsono says the airplanes were bought without taking into …

Danish Cartoon Crisis II

… similar to those aired during the last cartoon scandal reported that the president of the PKS, Tifatul Sembiring, was making threats to the government of Denmark.

I remind the Danish government not to engage in provocation. If the Danish government can not keep good harmony then it will be responsible for the consequences.
(Saya mengingatkan kepada pemerintah Denmark, jangan provokasi. Kalau pemerintah Denmark tidak bisa menjaga keharmonisan dia akan menanggung sendiri …

Comment by Riccardo: … fave by the PKS guy: “… a government must know …

Freedom of Religion Report

… Multimedia, a commercial entity, containing political material on the Prosperous Justice Party [ PKS ], which holds 8% of the country's parliamentary seats, also contained an anti-Semitic game entitled "Shoot the Jews". PKS subsequently asked Trustco Multimedia to pull the CD from consumer shelves.
Abuses by Terrorist Organizations
Religiously motivated terrorists active in the region carried out one major attack in the country during the period covered by this report. On October 1, …

Expats

… Certainly some home truths there, but the "Most of them..." part may not stand up to analysis.

Comment by Achmad Sudarsono: … radicals - the PKS have really been a shower in a …

Eradication of Alcohol

… he said, alcohol was forbidden, therefore the law was unacceptable.

Another Islamic party, the PKS, Partai Keadilan Sejahtera, supported the law, but with a heavy heart. Syaharuddin of the PKS said the new law was the best that could be done at present, given the realities of the situation, but indeed alcohol was sinful and was going to be eradicated from South Sulawesi, in time. The current law was not going to last forever, he said.

Syaharuddin, and also mayor Arief Sirajuddin, agreed …

Comment by Marsel: … parties (PPP and PKS) based on their religion not the …

2009 Presidential Election

… proof that the major parties had failed to develop new talent, or cadres. Golkar, followed by the PKS, had been most successful in nurturing figures who could be presidential material, he said. Megawati's PDI-P was still stuck in a cult of personality system, he said.

Decline of Islamic Vote

… the overtly Islamic parties won only 20%, that is mainly the PPP, United Development Party, the PKS, Prosperous Justice Party, and the PBB, Crescent Star Party. Haz though fails to really think through what has happened, like, for example, what happened to the 1955 Nahdlatul Ulama vote. Much of this vote now goes to the PKB, a party still based in the Nahdlatul Ulama but no longer considered to be "Islamic".

The Islamic vote has not necessarily declined, even halved as Haz says, but the …

Tibo, et al. Execution

Fabianus Tibo, Dominggus Da Silva and Marianus Riwu are due to be executed on either the night of Thursday the 21st, or the morning of the 22nd.

Tibo himself was handed a letter informing him of the planned execution at around lunchtime, Monday 18th, in his isolation cell in a Palu prison. His lawyer, Roy Rening, said that the families of the men had not yet received the letter.

…

Comment by Hassan: … with FPI, or even PKS for that matter. don’t spread …

Survey Results

… Golkar
0.7%
13.7%
74.1%

PKS
4.3%
30.4%
43.5%

PAN
0.0%
5.6%
77.8%

By Religious Organisation Membership

NU
1.7%
12.2%
73.8%

Muhammadiyah
4%
12%
76%

Other
7.7%
19.2%
65.4% …

PKS Winning Streak

The PKS has won positions in about 60% of elections for regional heads of government in recent years.

The Partai Keadilan Sejahtera (PKS), Welfare and Justice Party, is an Islamist grouping which is believed by some to have a connection with the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt. It won 7% in the 2004 elections, nationally, compared to only 1.5% in 1999 when it was a brand new party called just …

Aceh as the Base

… campuses of Aceh, with some fearing that Aceh may be the springboard for groups such as the PKS to dominate other areas.

Otto Syamsuddin Ishak explains to Radio Netherlands about the activities of radical Islamic groups such as the PKS, Partai Keadilan Sejahtera, and the Hizb-ut-Tahrir.

Otto says that all the campuses in the capital, Banda Aceh, have been "taken over" by members of the PKS and Hizb-ut-Tahrir, including the universities of Syiah Kuala and IAIN Ar-Raniry. Both …

Israel & Lebanon II

… In Surakarta on July 31st Israeli "brutalism" was condemned by about 3000 members of the PKS, who demanded that the Islamic world unite, the United Nations disband, and Zionist products be boycotted. It appears, according to the PKS supporters, that 36 products can be considered products of Zionism, or at least as having a close association with that ideology, these being IBM, Intel, Nestle, and Nokia, among many others. Detik reports however that many PKS cadres were seen to be …

RUU APP Debate

… Tunggal Ika (ABTI), came away disappointed after trying to persuade the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) to halt the passage of the controversial pornography bill.

The alliance, which consists of artists, lawyers, and religious scholars, told PKS members in the House of Representatives that the party was commonly perceived as pursuing the establishment of an Islamic state. They said the party should oppose the bill if it did not want such an image to persist.

In a statement read by …

Israel & Lebanon

… thousands of activists from various Muslim political groups, such as Partai Keadilan Sejahtera (PKS), Partai Amanat Nasional (PAN), Persatuan Umat Islam (PUI), and Hizbut Tahrir, marched in Jakarta, gathering around the Hotel Indonesia roundabout, to demonstrate against Israel's attack on Lebanon and the Palestinian territories. Also in attendance was the leader of the FPI, Islamic Defenders Front, Ustad Jafar Sidik. The Palestinian cause has aroused similar outpourings of Islamic …

Women Only Train Cars

The Islamically oriented Prosperous Justice Party, PKS, is considering whether to change the railway law so that it requires every train to provide a women-only car.

In a debate over amendments to the RUU Perkeretaapian, the railways law, a member of the special committee dealing with the subject from the PKS, Abdul Hakim, said last week, 14th July, that the measure was needed because of the "inhumane conditions" of most train cars, …

Sharia Issue Settled

… this, 134 other DPR members, from the Golkar Party, Democrat Party, Justice and Prosperous Party (PKS), National Mandate Party (PAN), Reform Star Party (PBR), and United Development Party (PPP), countered with their own declaration of support for the controversial regional regulations.

Then Muhaimin Iskandar, a Deputy Chairman of the House of Representatives (DPR), said he would soon bring together the opposing groups in a DPR consultation meeting, to "settle" the matter.

We will …

The Palestinian Cause

… repeatedly and denounced Israel and all its calumnies. Supporters of the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) made up the bulk of the attendance with many party flags seen to be waved about.

A similar, much larger, rally was held yesterday in Jakarta in support of Arabs in conflict with Israel, specifically to protest the recent Israeli incursions into the Palestinian territories over the kidnapping of an Israeli soldier. Over 100,000 activists and supporters of the Partai Keadilan Sejahtera …

Reactions to Anti-Sharia Push

… atasnya dan melanggar kepentingan umum, kita batalkan.)

Meanwhile, from the same report, the PKS, Partai Keadilan Sejahtera, an Islamic party, voiced its predictable opposition to any plans to annul sharia laws. Mahfudz Sidik of the PKS said the government had no basis to annul Islamically nuanced laws provided they were not unconstitutional. He said that people worried too much about Islamic influence in law-making. In the places where the laws were in force the people did not …

MP’s Denounce Sharia Laws

… of laws which were discrminative towards any particular group.

The 56 MP's, excluding the PKS and PPP, have signed the declaration that provincial laws which are unconstitutional and have Islamic influences should be annulled.
(56 Anggota DPR kecuali PKS dan PPP menandatangani pencabutan perda-perda yang inskonstitusional yang telah diberlakukan di masyarakat karena bernuansa syariat Islam.)

said the spokesman for the 56, Nusron Wahid, from the Golkar party.

While the …

War on Sin Battles & Advances

… law being drafted in the city of Depok, near Jakarta. Qurtifa Wijaya of the Depok branch of the PKS, Partai Keadilan Sejahtera, says that he hopes the new law can be drafted and debated quickly.

Commission A has already received submissions from society on the need for the legislation.
(Komisi A sudah mendengar masukan-masukan dari masyarakat tentang perlunya perda tersebut.)

and

Commission A hopes that all parties and leaders in the parliament will accept and support this …

Debate on Morality Bill

… Al Irsyad, Ikatan Da'i Indonesia (IKADI), Forum Betawi Rempug (FBR), Partai Keadilan Sejahtera (PKS), Dewan Dakwah Islamiyah Indonesia (DDII), Front Pembela Islam (FPI), and the Badan Kontak Majelis Taklim (BKMT).

Muslims rally in Jakarta.

The members and supporters of the PKS formed the bulk of the crowd. Although PKS won only 7% in the 2004 elections nationally, they are particularly strong in Jakarta, having won 23% in the capital at the last election.

The march was billed …

Preparatory Committee for the Application of Islamic Laws

… Committee and a member of the House of Representatives from the Justice & Prosperity Party (PKS), was released a month later together with Jamal. Meanwhile, Agus is still being held in the Philippines.

At that time our organisation became associated with violence.
(Saat itu muncul citra, organisasi kami dekat dengan kekerasan.)

said the current Secretary General of the Committee Aswar Hasan.

The Committee has been trying to repair its image of late. Laskar Jundullah …

Bearers of Gifts

The Partai Keadilan Sejahtera, PKS, is the bearer of gifts for both lowly schoolteachers and the Hamas government in the West Bank alike.

Displaying some of the methods they have used to increase their support at elections the leaders of the Islamic party recently visited a high school in Jakarta, on the occasion of National Education Day, and distributed three free motorbikes to the most senior teachers in the …

Depok PKS Leadership

The city of Depok near Jakarta has been led by the Islamist PKS, Prosperous Justice Party (Partai Keadilan Sejahtera), for 100 days now. Their record in this time is coming under increasing attack.

Media Indonesia claims that the political elite and leaders of Muslim organisations in Depok are distinctly unimpressed with the leadership of the PKS duo of Nurmahmudi Ismail and Yuyun Wirasaputra, mayor and vice mayor respectively.

Depok remains …

Comment by Jaya: I am happy that PKS can control Depok right now. I am …

Partai Damai Sejahtera, PDS

… Sulawesi, and in these places it generally goes head to head with the radical Islamic party, PKS. It also has respectable support in Jakarta where it garnered 5% in the 2004 election. It draws votes mainly from Protestants and evangelicals whereas Catholics tend to plump for the PDI-P, of Megawati.

May 25th 2006. News from the Prosperous Peace Party's conference in Jakarta.

The PDS, Partai Damai Sejahtera, is a Protestant party with 13 seats in the national parliament. …

Red Scare in Bogor

… itu terdapat unsur pidana baru bisa ditindak.)

The president of the Partai Keadilan Sejahtera (PKS), Tifatul Sembiring, also was concerned :

The police have to investigate the case in Bogor and act firmly against those responsible.
(Polisi harus menyelidiki kasus di Bogor itu dan menindak tegas pelaku penyebaran atribut komunis tersebut.)

and offered this advice on how to combat the spread of communism in Indonesia:

Students need to be taught that communist ideas are very …

No Nudes Playboy Out

… to reject Playboy firmly but without violence. Hidayat Nurwahid, who is a former leader of the PKS, was another who harped on the name thing.

Just by looking at the name of the magazine the people reject it.

Dumb people then. From the point of view of what is actually inside the magazine, he said, the first edition was a trick and later editions would be full of sex and pornography.

Meanwhile the Minister for Youth and Sport, continuing the stream of thick-as-two-planks …

Protecting Women From Globalization

Yoyoh Yusroh, a member of the Islamist Prosperous Justice Party, PKS, in supporting the proposed law against public indecency, says women need to be protected from globalization.

In an interview with the Jakarta Post she said the bill currently being debated in parliament would likely be passed into law by June this year.

Although she claimed that minority groups interests would be accomodated and that women would not be arbitrarily targeted by the …

Islamist vs Secular Parties

… those parties considered Islamist were, and still are:

PPP, United Development Party
PKS, Prosperous Justice Party
PBB, Crescent Star Party
and a few others

In 1999 their combined vote was 15% and in the 2004 election they reached 20%. Recent polling suggests they have since fallen backwards though.

Andrew Steele, writing on " The decline of political Islam in Indonesia " in the Asia Times draws some conclusions from these figures and recent events : …

Porn Wars

… People`s Consultative Assembly (MPR) and former leader of the Islamist Prosperous Justice Party (PKS).

Do not interpret the bill as something serving the interest of a particular religious group but instead let us think of its virtues for the state and nation.

The assumption that the bill is intended to make Indonesia a Muslim country is totally incorrect.

he said, citing the fact that the bill did not require women to cover their heads nor did it forbid them to go out …

Poll Results

… strong Muslim orientation we have the moderate PKB at 7.3%, the Islamist PPP at 3.9%, the Islamist PKS at 2.7% and the moderate PAN at 2.4%. All of these parties have been on a downward spiral since their reasonable performances at the 2004 election but the decline of the PKS, the chief supporter of the anti porn legislation now before parliament and a party popular among young voters, from a high of 10.4% in January 2005, is the most precipitous.

These results though have to be …

2004 Election Results

… 56

10.18%

6.

Prosperous Justice Party (PKS)

8,325,020

7.34%

45

8.18%

7.

National Mandate Party (PAN)

7,303,324

6.44%

53

9.63%

8.

Crescent Star Party (PBB)

2,970,487 …

Protests in Surabaya, Bandung

… Front, most of whose members could not point to Denmark on a map, and the more mainstream PKS, the Justice and Welfare Party, which won about 7% of the vote in the 2004 elections and which seeks the establishment of an Islamic state and finds most of its support among young people.

In Bandung about 200 protesters from the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) threatened to conduct searches for Danish nationals in Indonesia unless Denmark put on trial the cartoonists. Their leader said …

Youth Political & Religious Affiliation

… conservative Islamist party. 8% in 2004 elections.

"PPP", 40 matches

Icha, a PKS supporter, votes for the headscarf.

PKS

Partai Keadilan Sejahtera, PKS, is a radical Islamist party that won 7% of the vote in the 2004 election. The English translation is Prosperity and Justice Party, or Prosperous Justice Party, or Welfare and Justice Party. KAMMI, Kesatuan Aksi Mahasiswa Muslim Indonesia, Indonesian Muslim Students' Action Union, is its youth movement.

A …