19th PUIC Agrees on Joint Resolution, Resolves Conflicts and Realizes World Peace

Jakarta, The 19th Conference of the Parliamentary Union of the OIC Member States (PUIC) is a historic moment in the dynamics of parliamentary diplomacy in the Islamic world.

While leading the General Committee session, the Speaker of the Indonesian House of Representatives, Puan Maharani, touched on the issue of Islam having the capital to be a new world power. Muslims in the world have reached two billion people and have dominated almost 25 percent of the global population.

“Ideally, we can become a new power element of the world order. At one point, Islam has the capital to become a new world power. We are a civilizational force that emphasizes the unity of the people,” said Puan at the Parliament Complex, Senayan, Jakarta.

According to Puan, a number of domestic and global challenges are currently looming over Muslim countries and countries with Muslim majorities in displaying their role as a group to be reckoned with in the world.

“At the domestic level, we still need to answer various questions from the public regarding whether we are able to provide good, transparent, and accountable public services,” she added.

Meanwhile, Deputy Chair of the Inter-Parliamentary Cooperation Agency (BKSAP) of the Indonesian House of Representatives, Irine Yusiana Roba Putri, revealed that the 19th PUIC conference had produced a joint resolution regarding Palestinian peace.

“We agreed to jointly call for the world to once again be serious and act in real terms regarding peace in Palestine,” said Irine.

According to Irine, the recommendations do not only apply to the parliaments of member countries of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), but apply globally as a whole. This is because the parliaments of OIC member countries are also members of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), which is the highest parliamentary forum of world parliaments.

“So that in the 19th PUIC we really issue recommendations that do not only apply to members of OIC, but also to the world,” she said.

She added that in addition to condemning violence against Palestine, the same thing also applies to all forms of violence that befall countries with other Muslim populations, including the India-Pakistan conflict to Rohingya.

“Not only in Palestine, currently there are many conflicts that have made our Muslim brothers and sisters victims of violence, such as in Pakistan, India and Rohingya which are still the focus of discussion,” he concluded.