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Led by PDI-P, Jokowi allies reject executive order to cancel new articles in KPK Law
Jokowi meets resistance in issuing an executive order to upend controversial articles in KPK Law from his supporting parties, while opposition parties support the plan but have their own agenda.
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Thousands of university students in Semarang, Central Java, protest the newly passed Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Law and Criminal Code bill. They toppled the gate at the compound where the governor's office and the Central Java Legislative Council are located on Jl. Pahlawan, Semarang, on Sept. 24. (JP/Suherdjoko)
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olitical parties in the ruling coalition have rejected President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo’s plan to issue a government regulation in lieu of law (Perppu) to repeal controversial articles in the latest amendment of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Law.
Following a wave of student protests that have swept through the country in the past weeks, the President has considered issuing a Perppu, which would give a chance for the President to directly cancel certain articles, which include limiting the wiretapping authority of the antigraft agency.
His supporting parties, however, are suggesting a legislative review or law amendment at the House of Representatives, or a judicial review at the Constitutional Court, which would take longer and provide more room for lawmakers to negotiate on what to review.
The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), the largest political party in the ruling coalition and main supporter of the law amendment, said it would take a lot of work to halt the implementation of the revised KPK Law.
The PDI-P also believes that ensuring the effectiveness of the law should be a priority before changing it again.
"Especially when the President and the lawmakers have agreed on the revision, revoking it through a Perppu is not quite the right thing," PDI-P secretary-general Hasto Kristiyanto said, citing that the party believed Jokowi would keep his commitment to making corruption eradication "fairer" by maintaining the KPK Law.
The secretary of PDI-P faction at the House, Bambang Wuryanto, said canceling a newly ratified law by issuing a Perppu was disrespectful to the legislature, saying a bill that had become a law should only be changed through a judicial review at the Constitutional Court.
