LRWD Edition 3 : January 2015

President Jokowi Should Cancel Budi’s Appointment and Propose New Candidate Collective and Collegial Decision Making in the KPK President’s Prerogative Rights in Police Chief Appointment Government Regulation In Lieu of Law on Immunity Cannot Fix the KPK’s Current Woes Police Must Issue a Warrant to Terminate Investigation (SP3) into Bambang Widjojanto   President Jokowi Should…

LRWD Edition 36 : December 2014

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…

LRWD Edition 32 : October 2014

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…

LRWD Edition 30 : October 2014

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…

LRWD Edition 23 : July 2014

CSO Initiatives MD3 Law: A Setback for the Indonesian Parliament The House of Representatives has realized that their performance levels are in decline in line with the public’s trust towards them. Therefore, through the amendment of Law No. 27 Year 2009 on the People’s Consultative Assembly, House of Representatives, House of Regional Representatives, and Regional…

LRWD Edition 06 : February 2014

House of Representatives The House of Representatives Must Return to Right Path in Supreme Court Justice Selections Constitutional Court Decision No. 27/PUU-XI/2013 has decided that the House of Representatives does not conduct elections in the process of filling the post for Supreme Court Justices, but only give approval towards candidates proposed by the Judicial Commission.…

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.