No need for implementing regulation for decree on Ahmadiyah : minister

Minister/State Secretary Hatta Radjasa said there was no need to issue an implementing regulation for the Joint Ministerial Decree (SKB) on Ahmadiyah because the SKB`s wording was clear enough.

"I don`t think the SKB needs an implementing regulation (Juklak) because it is very self-explanatory," the minister said here on Tuesday.

The SKB would neither need a presidential decision to reinforce it because Law No.1 /1965 on the Prevention of Religious Abuse and Defilement had specified that such a matter should be settled through an SKB.

"So, I think, what was produced by the three ministers is already the best for all of the people," Radjasa said.

The SKB was jointly signed by the ministers of religious affairs and home affairs as well as the attorney general.

The government hoped that the issuance of the SKB would help calm down the people.

He said the decree was not designed for one group only but all groups in society. The government expected that ...