Uncertainties Revive Again
Nobody knows what our lawmakers will be thinking when they start deliberating the draft revision of the Criminal Code (KUHP).
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Constitutional Court chief judge Arief Hidayat (center) leads a panel of judges during a hearing for a judicial review of the Criminal Code article on treason, at the Constitutional Court in Jakarta on Wednesday (31/1). The court rejected a challenge to the article but demanded law enforcers be careful in using the article, so that it would not curb the freedom of expression.
Nobody knows what our lawmakers will be thinking when they start deliberating the draft revision of the Criminal Code (KUHP).
It is true that the draft revision was included in the 2018 National Legislation Program (Prolegnas). However, any deliberation on it should not exclude its long history.