LRWD Edition 39 : November 2013

Law Reform Weekly Digest – your weekly updates on Indonesian law reform | Dr. Bachtiar further explains that our social system has been damaged by the movement of social change, which has no direction and does not match the Indonesian values. “Do not let Liberalisasi Sosial become more fierce; the Ormas Law is a tool to stop Liberalisasi Sosial for the sake of the Indonesian unitary state.

LRWD Edition 38 : October 2013

Law Reform Weekly Digest – your weekly updates on Indonesian law reform | The House Speaker stated that the completion of several bills during this period is in need of additional time due to the facing of several constraints, such as strategic final formulations and substance arrangements. Some bills facing these constraints include the bill on Public House Savings, on International Agreements, on Roads, on Accelerated Development in Island Regions and on Accelerated Development in Disadvantaged Regions. The House Speaker also stated that settlement constraints occurred during the government’s internal discussion of bills.

Redefining the Involvement Scheme of the House of Representatives in Public Official Elections (A Lesson from the Supreme Court Justice Elections)

Based on Article 24A paragraph (3) of the 1945 Constitution, the House of Representatives are included in the selection of public officials (in this case, the Supreme Court Justice). This authority becomes more clear and institutionalized after the Law on the Supreme Court and the Law on the Judicial Commission arranged more specifically the role…