Yasmin church

In 2006, Budiarto had issued a building permit for an Indonesian Christian Church in Bogor's Yasmin Park neighborhood, or GKI Yasmin. However, in April 2010, the city government sealed the church, alleging that documents related to the building permit had been falsified. In October, as the congregation used the building to conduct a service, officers of the city's municipal police dismissed the gathering. In an interview with Tempo, Budiarto denied accusations of religious discrimination, pointing out that building permits for another church had been issued without any incident and construction had commenced elsewhere in Bogor at the time. He also pointed out that he had offered alternate locations for the church's congregation to conduct services.^[4][5]

During the ensuing legal battle, the Supreme Court of Indonesia ruled that the sealing and the revocation of the permit was illegal, and ordered for the church to be reopened. Budiarto, however, defied the court order, resulting in lawmakers calling him unfit for office, and the Indonesian Ombudsman accusing him of treason.^[4][5] In May 2012, he stated that he would allow the church to be reopened if a mosque was built next to it.^[6]