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View all search resultsThe latest Criminal Code bill still contains provisions that could be used to curtail civil liberties and should not be passed into law yet, critics say, as the House of Representatives and the government aim to approve the legislation within the next few days.
Researchers and activists are concerned that the restoration of several provisions to the KUHP bill that the Constitutional Court threw out in previous years could be a setback to Indonesia’s already declining democracy.
The latest draft of the Criminal Code (KUHP) bill submitted by the government to the legislative body for speedy deliberation on Wednesday still retains several “colonial” provisions critics say will further curtail civil liberties in the country.
A coalition of students and civil groups has demanded that the government release the complete draft revision of the Criminal Code, which they say is being rushed for passage out of the public eye in a move that echoes a series of recent legislative efforts.
The government and lawmakers are trying to soften some draconian provisions in a bill aimed at replacing Indonesia’s colonial-era Criminal Code (KUHP) in an apparent bid to quell public outcry, as lawmakers seek to pass it before their recess next month.
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