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Muhammadiyah youth rejects graft-convict remission revision
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Suspect – Regional Representatives Council (DPD) speaker Irman Gusman (center) talks with journalists after a questioning at the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) in Jakarta on Sept. 17. (Antara/Yudhi Mahatma)
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he youth wing of Indonesia’s second-largest Islamic organization Muhammadiyah has called on the government to uphold its commitment to eradicating corruption, saying that any policy that could weaken law enforcement on corruption in the country must be rejected.
The youth wing’s chairman Dahnil Anzar Simanjuntak said President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo should reject the draft revision of Government Regulation (PP) No.99/2012 on remission, which made it easier to grant remissions for graft convicts.
"The commitment [to eradicate corruption] should be maintained and the government should stop easing the remission mechanism for graft suspects," Dahnil said following his meeting with Coordinating Political, Legal, and Security Affairs Minister Wiranto on Friday.
He further said Wiranto had reiterated his commitment to strengthen the country's anticorruption measures during the meeting. He quoted the minister’s statement, in which he said that he would support the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) to combat corruption in the country.
Following a meeting with a number of prominent legal experts on Thursday, Jokowi rejected Law and Human Rights Minister Yasonna Laoly's plan to make it easier for graft convicts to get sentence remissions, saying that once he received the final revision draft, he would return it to the ministry without any doubt. (ebf)
