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Indonesian rule of law stuck in nearly decade-long rut
Indonesia's score in the World Justice Project’s annual Rule of Law Index has remained unwaveringly low this year, demonstrating the country’s continuing struggle to uphold legal norms.
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Protesters wear masks bearing the face of late human rights defender Munir Said Thalib during the weekly Kamisan silent protest in front of the State Palace in Jakarta on Sept. 7, 2017. (JP/Ibrahim Irsyad)
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ndonesia's score in the World Justice Project’s annual Rule of Law Index has remained unwaveringly low this year, demonstrating the country’s continuing struggle to uphold legal norms.
The watchdog, which has been compiling the index since 2009, ranked Indonesia 64th out of 140 countries in terms of rule of law this year over chronic corruption issues and inadequate civil and criminal justice systems.
Indonesia scored below neighbors Malaysia (55th) and Singapore (17th).
Of the 15 countries indexed in East Asia and the Pacific, Indonesia came in ninth place, with Malaysia and Singapore in eighth and fifth place, respectively.
Indonesia's scores have remained between 0.52 and 0.53 for the past seven years, below the global average score of 0.55.
“There has been no significant improvement in any aspect. An increase of 0.01 points in seven years can be called stagnation. Indonesia is still in the same position as 2016,” Erwin Natosmal Oemar, an Indonesian expert for the index, said on Thursday.
