TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Masinton Pasaribu, a member of House of Representatives Commission III overseeing legal affairs, said that a revision of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Law was aimed at distributing tasks among legal enforcers.
“It is (The revision) not to weaken corruption eradication efforts. We will also enforce other instruments, including the revision laws on police and attorney’s offices,” Masinton, a lawmaker from PDIP (the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle), said at the Senayan parliament complex in Jakarta on Wednesday, Oct 7.
A total of 18 articles are to be revised, including articles 5 and 73 stating that the KPK will be disbanded in 12 years. In addition, Article 13 of the bill draft states that the KPK can investigate cases that cause at least Rp.50 billion (US$3.5 million) in state losses. Any cases that cause state losses less than Rp.50 billion will be handed over to the National Police.
Masinton, who was involved in the drafting of the new bill, viewed that the move to distribute corruption cases among law enforcer agencies was reasonable in order to reform the state governance.
Earlier, the hearing on the new KPK bill draft was adjourned until Monday, October 12, 2015 to allow inputs from other House factions. PDIP, Golkar (the Functional Group), PKB (the National Awakening Party), the United Development Party, NasDem (the National Democratic Party) and Hanura (the People’s Conscience Party) had expressed their full supports for the revision.
MAWARDAH NUR HANIFIYANI