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Jakarta (ANTARA News) - House of Representatives (DPR) Speaker Agung Laksono said here Monday the House condemns the violence committed by Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) members against people participating in a peaceful rally to mark the birth of Pancasila at the Monas (National Monument) Square on Sunday.

"The incident has clearly marred the atmosphere on the day the nation was commemorating the birth of Pancasila," Agung told the press here Monday.

"The House condemns the FPI masses` immoral acts," he said.

Such kind of violence must not be allowed to continue to happen in the country because it would become increasingly dangerous for the public, especially as political tensions were rising ahead of the 2009 general elections, Laksono said.

"Therefore, the House calls on the police to take appropriate measures against the perpetrators of the violence and those who commanded them, and investigate what their motives were," said Laksono who is also Golkar Party vice chairman.

He called on all parties to restrain themselves and avoid violence which was against the nation`s commitment to uphold pluralism and tolerance among groups of different convictions or beliefs.

Laksono said the incident was a negative signal after the government failed to take a decision regarding the existence of the Ahmadiyah sect.

"Don`t let the problem remain unsolved. Take a wise decision on it soon," he said.

Around 200 people carrying FPI attributes on Sunday suddenly stormed the Monas Square where activists and supporters of the Alliance for Freedom of Religion and Belief were holding a peaceful rally to mark the day on which Pancasila, the state`s ideology, was for the first time presented to representatives of the Indonesian people by one of the country`s founding fathers, Soekarno, in June 1945.

The FPI masses went after and beat up Alliance activists most of whom were women with sticks while shouting anti-Ahmadiyah sect yells. A policeman was manhandled by five of the FPI members.

Security personnel soon arrived at the location to protect the Alliance people from the FPI attack.

An FPI demonstration coordinator, Munarman, later said FPI objected to the Alliance`s holding their rally because the latter supported Ahmadiyah`s existence in the country.

Munarwam urged the government immediately to issue a regulation banning Ahmadiyah.

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