Deputy Speaker Ensures DPR Will Accommodate MUI's Aspirations on LGBT Criminal Bill

The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) is currently refining the academic manuscript and Draft Bill for the criminalisation of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) activities. The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives (DPR RI), Saan Mustopa, has ensured that the DPR will be open to accommodating these aspirations.

“As a form of public aspiration, in this case from the MUI, we will certainly see what the results of the draft proposed by the MUI are,” Saan told reporters on Tuesday (3-06-2026).

The NasDem Party Deputy Speaker stated that the MUI’s proposed bill will be submitted to the DPR as the legislative body. Once the proposed bill is received, Saan added, the DPR will conduct a review.

“It will certainly be submitted to the DPR, and the DPR will definitely examine, study, and follow up on it,” said Saan.

“Whether it is in the Legislative Body, or with the leadership, or in the expertise division, or the DPR Expertise Body (BKD), the proposal will certainly be reviewed,” he continued.

It is known that the MUI is preparing this regulation to push for its inclusion in the National Legislative Program (Prolegnas) of the DPR RI.

The Deputy General Chairman of the MUI, KH M Cholil Nafis, emphasised that this legal step is being taken because moral appeals are deemed no longer effective in curbing the phenomenon of sexual deviation in Indonesia. The MUI, he stated, is declaring war against LGBT behaviours and campaigns.

“Out of our true love for humanity, we invite them to return to their natural state (fitrah). We are preparing the academic manuscript and the criminal bill; it is now up to the DPR to discuss and enact it,” said Kiai Cholil, as reported by detikHikmah on Sunday (28/06).

Kiai Cholil highlighted the shift in the behaviour of LGBT groups, which is assessed to be increasingly bold. Whereas previously they tended to hide due to shame, they now appear to be proud and brave enough to hold same-sex celebrations openly in public spaces.

Ironically, members of the public who reprimand such actions are often labelled as intolerant. “This is a misconception,” said the caretaker of the Cendekia Amanah Islamic Boarding School in Depok.

Therefore, the MUI considers that appeals are insufficient. Action must be taken through binding legislation that allows for firm enforcement.