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Nationwide protests mount against KPK Law revision
Meanwhile, 50 lectures from Diponegoro University in Semarang, Central Java, signed a petition to reject the revision of the KPK Law.
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A white sheet holds the signature of lecturers and students from Semarang-based Diponegoro University in Central Java on Monday to express their support of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) and objections against a plan to revise the KPK Law. (JP /Suherdjoko)
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n response to a plan launched by the House of Representatives to revise a 2000 law on the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), mounting protests have emerged across Indonesia against what is widely feared to be efforts to weaken the antigraft agency.
One demonstration held during a plenary session of the North Sumatra Legislative Council (DPRD) in Medan, North Sumatra, on Monday, saw protestors laying out a black banner that read, “We reject the amendment of the KPK Law”.
The protest surprised many legislative members, who were having a meeting to discuss the revised regional budget.
One of the protestors, named Maswan Tambak, was briefly apprehended by security guards.
“We want our aspirations to be heard by the House of Representatives. Please reject the amendment to the KPK Law because it will weaken the country’s most transparent law enforcement institution,” Maswan said as he was being escorted out of the DPRD building on Monday.
North Sumatra DPRD speaker Wagirin Arman expressed his appreciation of the protest but noted that it did not come at a proper time.
“The DPRD thanks the young men and women who came to inform us that they refuse a revision on the current KPK Law. I will be sure to respond to their aspirations and let lawmakers in the House know,” he said.
