Jakarta – Home Minister Gamawan Fauzi said that West Java Governor Ahmad Heryawan should intervene in the imbroglio involving the GKI Taman Yasmin Church and the Bogor municipal government.

Gamawan said that Heryawan should prod the Bogor mayor Diani Budiarto into honoring the Supreme Court ruling, which ordered the reopening of GKI Yasmin.

Gamawan also said that the ministry was keeping a close eye on the political maneuvering by political factions within the Bogor Council, which have sought to file an interpellation against the controversial mayor.

"We are continuing to monitor the situation, including the political stance of some of the parties. We are looking to see which way the wind is blowing; whether it will end up with an interpellation," Gamawan said as quoted by kompas.com.

Meanwhile, a non-governmental organization said it supported a recent bid by the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) to seek clarification from Bogor Mayor Diani Budiarto over the GKI Taman Yasmin dispute.

"We fully support the PDI-P's attempt to question the mayor on the GKI Yasmin issue. Now is the right time for a political party to show its concern over such ignorance," United Bogor People's Movement chief Harry Arra said Tuesday.

Earlier, the PDI-P and Golkar Party announced they would likely withdraw their support for mayor Diani Budiarto after the latter openly opposed a Supreme Court ruling obliging him to reopen the gates of GKI Yasmin and allow its congregation to attend services there.

Diani had ordered the closure of the church site at a request from several radical Muslim organizations that didn't want a church in the area.