Legal Policy Which Agency Should Carry On The Duties of The Former National Law Commission? The National Law Commission (KHN), which was established during the reign of President Abdurrahman Wahid through Presidential Decree No. 15 Year 2000, was officially dissolved through Presidential Regulation No. 176 Year 2014 on 4 December 2014. The National Law…
Law Policy Foreign Vessel Sinking Regulation On Friday, December 5, 2014, Indonesian Navy sank down three foreign vessels in Anambas Waters, Riau. Commander of the Western Regions RI Fleet Admiral, Widodo, said that the three foreign vessels could not provide necessary documents and were caught fishing in Indonesian territory on November 2, 2014. All…
House of Regional Representatives DPD’s Initiative to Propose Bill of Persons with Disabilities On 18 November 2014, the House of Regional Representatives (Dewan Perwakilan Daerah/DPD) held a focus group discussion entitled “Urgency of National Lawmaking about People with Disabilities”. During the FGD, the DPD presented their research report about the urgency of People with…
Legal Policy Law Enforcement and Human Rights Challenges for the New Attorney General It has been more than two weeks since the inauguration of Joko Widodo-Jusuf Kalla’s working cabinet. Even so, the appointment of an Attorney General seems to still be a long way away. According to the Coordinating Minister for Politics, Law, and…
Supreme Court The OJK’s Compulsory Levy: Professional Organizations Rejects The Association of Capital Market Legal Consultants (Himpunan Konsultan Hukum Pasar Modal / HKHPM) filed a judicial review petition before the Supreme Court (Mahkamah Agung / MA) against the Indonesian Financial Service Authority (Otoritas Jasa Keuangan / OJK) on 17 October 2014. The petition filed is…
Legal Policy The FPI Issue: Enforce the Criminal Code, Hand It Over to the Police PSHK has released a few pointers on how the Front Pembela Islam (FPI / Islamic Defenders Front) issue should be handled from a legislative point of view: The firm steps taken by the Jakarta Metropolitan Police in immediately arresting and…
Special Edition on the Local Elections Law Press Release: Local Election Law Controversy: Reject SBY’s Image Salvation Efforts, Handover to Constitutional Court and New Government Jakarta, 30 September 2014; the shocking and disappointing statement from President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) towards the decision results on the Local Elections Bill during the House of…
House of Representatives Legislation in the Transitional Period Tenure of the 2009-2014 period of House of Representatives is only one week left. On 1 October 2014, the 2014-2019 period of House of Representatives will be sworn in. Even in this short amount of time, the current House of Representatives have still scheduled several activities, mainly in…
House of Representatives Formation of Standing Orders Must Be Halted On 26 August 2014, the House of Representatives officially established the Special Committee on the Alteration of the Indonesian House of Representatives Regulation on the Standing Orders of the House of Representatives. In accordance to the mandate, the Special Committee is assigned to compile the…