Jakarta – Members of the National Unity Party (PPP) visited the National Police Headquarters in South Jakarta on Thursday to support the police's ban on Lady Gaga's planned June 3 concert at Bung Karno Stadium.

Among the party members in the delegation were secretary-general M. Romahurmuziy, deputy secretary-general Joko Purwanto and party spokesman Arwani Tomafi, and assembly secretary Pakar Ahmad Yani. "We fully support the police, especially the Jakarta Police, in refusing Lady Gaga's concert permit," Yani said, as quoted by tribunnews.com.

In order for the Lady Gaga concert to proceed, the National Police said that the US singer had to get recommendations from the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) and the Religious Affairs Ministry before they would issue a concert permit. Both parties refused to issue the recommendations.

"This is why we reject Lady Gaga and her indulgent behavior. Her songs are blasphemous. Her music videos and lyrics demean women and universal values," Yani said. "We have certain values and norms that we have to protect."

The PPP, along with hard-line groups like the Islam Defenders Front (FPI), have expressed opposition to the singer's concert. The FPI even threatened to send its members to intercept Gaga as she arrived if the concert went ahead. (png)