Bandung – Thousands of people from 40 Muslim organizations grouped in the Alliance of Muslim Followers rallied in the West Java provincial capital Bandung on Tuesday in support of the controversial pornography bill.

West Java Governor Danny Setiawan, who was present at the rally, said he would send letters to both the House of Representatives and the government asking that they speed up the deliberation of the bill and enact it as soon as possible.

"This is the will of the majority of people, so I will send letters to both the House and government tomorrow," Danny said.

The speaker of the West Java Legislative Council, AM Ruslan, spoke at the rally in favor of the bill.

In addition to staging rallies, the alliance also has sent a letter of support for the pornography bill to the House special committee deliberating the proposed legislation.