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Govt to speed up drafting of legal reform
The government is forming a team to begin a problem inventory list (DIM) to speed up the process of drafting legal reform packages that are expected to improve the justice system in the country, Law and Human Rights Minister Yasonna Laoly says.
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Law and Human Rights Minister Yasonna Laoly in a hearing at the House of Representatives in Jakarta in July. (Antara Photo/Puspa Perwitasari)
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he government is forming a team to begin a problem inventory list (DIM) to speed up the process of drafting legal reform packages that are expected to improve the justice system in the country, Law and Human Rights Minister Yasonna Laoly says.
The team, which includes the Attorney General's Office, the National Police, and the Law and Human Rights Ministry will be integrated under the Office of the Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister, and is expected to be completed in October, Yasonna said
"It will be followed by a set of legal reform packages. We haven’t yet [decided on the number of packages] because right now we are focusing on the quick-win solutions," Yasonna said on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, National Police chief Gen. Tito Karnavian said the team formation should be sped up as comprehensive legal reform needed to consider all input from various stakeholders in the country's justice system, ranging from investigators and prosecutors to prison authorities, who faced different difficulties in their efforts to uphold justice and the law.
Tito expected that the regulations presented in the legal reform packages should ideally present long-term solutions to improve the country's justice system.
The packages should also have immediate solutions to strengthen law enforcement against extraordinary crimes, including corruption and drug trafficking, Tito said.
President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo mandated Coordinating Political, Legal, and Security Affairs Minister Wiranto to lead the legal system and law enforcement reform in July. (evi)
