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Minister defends plan to scrap justice collaborator clause
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Justice and Human Rights Minister Yasonna Laoly (front right) hands the government's response to the House of Representatives on a draft bill on July 28. (Antara Photo/Puspa Perwitasari)
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ustice and Human Rights Minister Yasonna Laoly has asserted that the plan to revise Government Regulation (PP) No. 99/2012 to scrap the justice collaborator clause for granting remission, is not to facilitate graft convicts, but instead to improve the judicial process system.
According to Yasonna, the plan to remove the justice collaboration clause is in accordance with the country's court system. Based on Law No. 5/2004 on the Supreme Court and Law No. 13/2006 on victims and witnesses protection, a justice collaborator can only be granted during a court process and not regulated through the government regulation.
"I don't like the way people think as if we were going to give remission for free [...] we just want to improve the system. We should first create a team and system to grant remissions," Yasonna said on Monday.
He ensured that the government would still uphold strict requirements in granting remission for inmates convicted of graft, terrorism, and drug-related cases. The remission would be processed through a detailed deliberation within special teams, all related to a particular inmate's case.
For example, deliberation on remission for graft convicts would involve the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), for terrorist convicts it would involve recommendations from the National Counterterrorism Agency (BNPT), and for drugs convicts it would involve the National Narcotics Agency (BNN).
The ministry's plan to revise the 2012 government regulation has been met with criticism from the public and the KPK for what it calls "red-carpet treatment" to graft convicts. (dmr)
