After months of uncertainty, the outgoing Parliament (DPR) finally passed the Amendment of the Anti Corruption Court bill on Tuesday, 29 September.
This amendment will allow the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) to keep its authorities to Prosecute Corruption cases and conduct wiretaps on suspects, which is contradictory to the initial wishes of some members of the DPR to strip KPK of those authorities.
Some anti corruption activists have stated their objections on some stipulations of the bill, such as establishment of Anti Corruption Courts in 33 provinces compared to the current Special Anti Corruption Court in Jakarta. Beside that questions have been made on the stipulation which lets a Chairman of Anti Corruption court to decide the composition of carrier and non carrier judges who will try the cases.
For details media reports on the above, please click here and here.
In spite of the weakness of the anti corruption court bill, in my humble opinion the bill is good enough because it maintained KPK's authority to Prosecute and conduct wiretaps on suspects. Therefore, I can say that this is a victory for KPK and most people who are against corruption in Indonesia.
6 comments:
Good info. Started following you on Google.
Shyam,
Thank you very much.
I am also following you.
Let's keep in touch.
man,about time too.
Jazzy,
Yes it's about time that this Law bill is finalized so that the new lawmakers can focus on other important things.
Harry...
Like tossing this bill and drafting a good one instead?
Or revisiting the porn law :D
Couldn't resist, sorry!
Rob,
I also agree with those who protest. But I want to be more realistic and face the fact that the bill will become law (after signing by the Prez).
There are many other important matters that needs parliament's attention: how the government is handling very expensive education, unemployment, BLBI, Bank Century, poor law enforcement, etc.
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