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The Indonesian Muslim Consumer Foundation (YKMI) won against President Jokowi related to the availability of halal vaccines in the Supreme Court (MA). For this reason, YKMI urges the government to implement the decision by providing a halal Covid-19 vaccine, especially for Muslims.
The Supreme Court in its judicial review decision stated that the provisions of Article 2 of Presidential Regulation N. 99 of 2020 must be interpreted that the government is obliged to provide halal vaccines for Muslims in carrying out the Covid-19 vaccination program.
“It is absolute and mandatory, after the Supreme Court’s decision,” said YKMI’s attorney, Amir Hasan from Daar Afkar & Co. Law Firm in his statement to reporters, Thursday (21/4/2022).
According to another attorney, Ahsani Siregar, stating that the Supreme Court’s decision is binding on the government to provide halal vaccines, without any reason.
“This decision is a legal guarantee for Muslims to get halal vaccines, this is a big gift in this month of Ramadan,” said Ahsani.
Therefore, he added, the government can no longer give vaccines that are not halal to Muslims.
“If there are still vaccines that are not halal, after the Supreme Court’s decision, we will sue and report criminally for violating the law,” said Ahsani.
Meanwhile, the General Chair of YKMI, Ahmad Himawan, stated that so far the government has tended to ignore the existence of halal vaccines for Muslims.
“YKMI has been fighting for this halal vaccine, in order to defend the legal rights of Muslims, because basically we agree with the vaccination program and support it, but halal vaccines must be provided for Muslims,” Ahmad Himawan emphasized.
So far, he continued, the types of vaccines given to Muslims, some contain pork trypsin and some even do not have a halal certificate.
“This is clearly detrimental to the Muslims as the majority citizens in the State of Indonesia,” said Ahmad Himawan.
Therefore, he stressed again, YKMI urges the government to provide halal vaccines intended for Muslims. In the third phase of the vaccine program (booster), for example, said Ahmad Himawan, the government cq the Director General of P2P of the Ministry of Health issued a Circular that stipulates the type of vaccine that is not at all halal.
“This is a derivative form of the issuance of the Presidential Regulation which we have tested materially, now the Supreme Court has determined that the type of vaccine used must be guaranteed to be halal, meaning that non-halal vaccines are no longer allowed to be given to Muslims,” concluded Ahmad Himawan.
As is known, the Supreme Court granted a judicial review of Presidential Regulation of the Republic of Indonesia Number 99 of 2020 concerning Vaccine Procurement and Vaccination Implementation in the context of Combating the Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic.
“Stating Article 2 of Presidential Regulation Number 99 of 2020 has no binding legal force, as long as it is not interpreted as ‘The Government (Minister of Health, Committee for Handling Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) and National Economic Recovery, and Head of the Food and Drug Supervisory Agency), obliged to provide protection and guarantees regarding the halalness of the type of COVID-19 vaccine that is stipulated for the implementation of the COVID-19 vaccination in the territory of Indonesia,” reads the Supreme Court’s decision which was launched on its website, Thursday (20/4/2022).
The chairman of the assembly, Prof Supandi, made the decision with members Is Sudaryono and Yodi Martono. The substitute clerk is Teguh Satya Bhakti.
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