House Commission VIII Open to Proposed LGBT Criminalisation Bill

The House of Representatives’ Commission VIII, which oversees social and religious affairs, has stated it is open to the discourse on a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Criminal Bill being promoted by the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI). “If the academic paper is feasible, I think it is possible to propose it. The proposal for a law can also come from the public,” said Commission VIII Chairman Marwan Dasopang at the parliament complex on Monday (6/7). However, Marwan noted that there has been no internal discussion to date, let alone an academic paper for the bill within the DPR. Marwan said his commission is simply open if any party wishes for the prohibition of LGBT to be specifically regulated by law. The proponents would later need to submit an academic paper to examine the urgency and study of the bill. “So I think it is fine if people propose a study that leads to the formulation of a law,” he said. The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) previously admitted it is currently drafting an academic paper and the LGBT Criminal Bill to be included in the National Legislation Programme (Prolegnas) at the DPR. According to detik.com, the bill is being drafted because the LGBT phenomenon is becoming increasingly difficult to contain. The government has recently issued Presidential Regulation (Perpres) Number 111 of 2025 on the General Policy for State Defence 2025-2029, which regulates several classifications of threats to the state, including the spread of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) culture, which falls under the category of non-military threats. Through the Perpres, the government includes the spread of forbidden ideologies, separatism, terrorism, radicalism, online gambling, illegal online loans, illegal trade, drug abuse, and the spread of LGBTQ culture as part of non-military threats.