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View all search resultsJokowi keeps control of permits for investigating lawmakers
Joko Widodo (AFP/Adek Berry)President Joko âJokowiâ Widodo will abide by the Constitutional Courtâs decision that the President still retains the right to issue permits for investigating lawmakers, but Cabinet Secretary Parmono Anung stressed that Jokowi planned to make it very easy to get a permit
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Joko Widodo (AFP/Adek Berry) (AFP/Adek Berry)
Joko Widodo (AFP/Adek Berry)
President Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo will abide by the Constitutional Court's decision that the President still retains the right to issue permits for investigating lawmakers, but Cabinet Secretary Parmono Anung stressed that Jokowi planned to make it very easy to get a permit.
'The President will certainly carry out the Constitutional Court's decision,' Pramono said as reported by kompas.com on Friday.
The Constitutional Court rejected on Tuesday a judicial review submitted by a group that calls itself the Reform Society for Criminal Justice, which demanded the Court eliminate article 245 of the Legislative Institution Law (MD3) that became the legal basis requiring law enforcers to acquire a presidential permit before investigating lawmakers.
Pramono said the President had a strong commitment to fighting corruption and that therefore the Court's decision would not make prosecution of lawmakers more difficult.
According to Pramono, the President has instructed Law and Human Rights Minister Yasonna Laoly to prepare the procedures for issuing permits.
'There will be standardization and it will not take much time. The President has a strong commitment to fighting corruption,' he said.
He said that the presidential regulations would give full authority to law enforcers to do their jobs. In that sense, there would be no need to carry out internal investigations before issuing permits to the law enforcers.
Presiding Judge at the Constitutional Court Arief Hidayat stated that a permit from the President was needed because House members have different risks from common people in carrying out their functions as the state apparatus.
'A permit coming from the President is explicitly mentioned in the law. But it could be interpreted as an exaggerated, extraordinary right [for the lawmakers],' said judge Wahiddin Adams, while reading the court verdict on Tuesday. (bbn) (++++)
