MPR Chairman Outlines What Indonesia Needs If It Wants to Withdraw from the BoP
Jakarta – MPR Chairman Ahmad Muzani has spoken about calls for Indonesia to withdraw from the Board of Peace (BoP), the body formed by United States President Donald Trump. The pressure followed the United States and Israel, both members of the BoP, launching attacks on Iran. Muzani said the decision on whether Indonesia remains a BoP member or exits should be based on a mutual consensus.
“But again, it must be by mutual consensus,” Muzani said at the Presidential Palace Complex, Jakarta, on Wednesday, 4 March 2026.
Moreover, President Prabowo Subianto has stated this, following the escalating tensions in the Middle East.
“For Indonesia, joining and leaving the BoP is something that could happen, as the President has indicated on several occasions. We could exit at any time,” Muzani said.
He explained that the Board of Peace is part of an effort to accelerate independence, development, reconstruction, and rehabilitation in Palestine.
The BoP’s primary mandate, Muzani stressed, should be to create peace and facilitate a ceasefire.
Especially if the Trump-formed body ends up widening the war rather than delivering peace.
This was stated by Hidayat in response to calls for Indonesia to withdraw from the BoP, following the military aggression against Iran carried out by the United States and Israel.
“I appreciate the demand, and it would be very good if Mr Prabowo seriously considers it, because Indonesia’s position should not be turned into a stamping tool of legitimacy to widen this war, you know. Peace should prevail, yet war appears to spread everywhere,” he said at the Parliament Complex, Jakarta, on Tuesday, 3 March 2026.
However, PKS politician Hidayat argues that the current conditions run counter to that aim.
Hidayat then referred again to the government’s stance that it had signalled readiness to withdraw from the BoP if the body’s main objectives were not realised.
“And if so, as discussed yesterday when Mr Prabowo met with Islamic organisations and subsequently with former foreign ministers, it was conveyed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or by the Foreign Minister that Indonesia is prepared to take the option to withdraw from BoP if BoP fails to realise its main objectives,” Hidayat said.