Riau Islands Government Must Sues Minister of Home Affairs

Riau Islands Government have to sue the Minister of Home Affairs decided Jambi Provincial Government as the owner Berhala Island.

Members of the House of Representatives of the Republic of Indonesia from Riau Islands province Harry Azhar Azis said Riau Islands province as the owner Berhala Island based on historical fact the island.

Based on historical fact, according to Harry, the Berhala island including as region of kingdom of Riau-Lingga which is included in Riau Province.

''In the treaties of Netherlands also mentions that the Berhala island entered of Riau Province,''he said.

After establishment of the Riau Islands Province, Berhala Island also entered the Riau Islands region based on Lingga Regency Establishment Law.

''I do not know the basis of the Minister of Home Affairs in deciding Berhala Island in the Regency of Eastern Tanjung Jabung, Jambi. When I ask the Minister of Home Affairs staff, there was no meeting between the Government of Jambi and Riau Islands, which became the legal basis for determining the owner of idols,''he said.

He said the Minister of Home Affairs made ​​a fatal mistake in deciding on the island of idols in Jambi Province.

''The Riau Islands government should sue the Minister of Home Affairs to the Supreme Court. It is about pride and ownership history facts Island idols,''he said.

According to him, the Minister should refer to the Lingga Regency Formation Law, not the Law of Riau Islands Province Establishment and the Law of Eastern Tanjung Jabung Regency Establishment.

Lingga Regency establishment Law which was enacted in 2003 to cancel the legal interpretation of the Riau Islands Province Establishment Law and the Law of Regency Eastern Tanjung Jabung Establishment passed in 1999. Because, the latest legislation to overturn legislation before, he said.