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HKBP Committee for the construction of the Church of Maranatha Chilegon responding to the Religious Harmony Forum (FKUB) which explained the beginning of the controversy against the church’s refusal to manifest itself. The church building committee initially complained about the letter to which FKUB did not respond.
“On 23 August, we in the commission presented the recommendation file of FKUB, to date our letter has not received a reply. Although there are shortcomings, according to FKUB, we should notify the commission what we need to complete, but so far not c ‘There has been no notification. from FKUB to the committee, “the construction committee of the HKBP Maranatha church in Cilegon, Jemister Simanullang, said Monday (9/12/2022) when asked for confirmation.
“FKUB said there was a shortage, it should have been passed on to the committee,” he continued.
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He then responded to the statement from the Secretary of FKUB Chilegon who stated that 51 out of 70 local residents had withdrawn their support for building the church. Jemister said the group did not receive any information from him regarding this matter.
“There is no FKUB connection, there is a revocation, the revocation is between who accepts the commitment and who gives the commitment, from the people who gave their approval to the committee,” he said.
He said that the approval of local residents, which is one of the conditions for the establishment of places of worship, is a commitment between the grantor and the committee. He said that the withdrawal of support is a citizen’s right.
“The people who give the approval are commitments with the committee, if there is behind us without our knowledge there is a revocation, it is their right, what is clear is that our administrative procedures that have given commitments with who gave approval should notify us that they have been revoked, not to others, “he said.
“If he withdraws, it means he was previously supportive. Because he withdrew because he previously supported, if he withdraws there must be a clear reason, if there is a reason, we will act differently,” he added.
He said the initial stages of the church building permit had been taken by the committee. One of these concerns the support of the residents in the church yard.
“From the beginning, before there was a commitment, we on the committee delivered a letter of candidacy to the community, we asked the community to support the establishment of the HKBP house of worship in Cikuasa, then the letter was read by the concerned very clearly, after it is understood that the data subject has consented and provided an identity card to be photocopied and handed over a family card to be photocopied, then fill in the form in the form agreeing to build a place of worship signed on a seal, that’s the process we’ve done, “he said.
“So if there is a lie, who is lying, please direct it to us if there is a lie, we will show evidence that he is not lying,” he continued.
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