Indonesian Democracy Under Threat
Today, the House can also ask for police assistance to forcibly summon those who have thrice failed to fulfill the House’s summons, including using the threat of taking them hostage.
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Constitutional Court judge Suhartoyo, accompanied by I Gede Palguna and Saldi Isra, presides over the first trial session of the judicial review of the Legislative Body Law (MD3) at the Constitutional Court building in Jakarta on Thursday (8/3). The judicial review was requested by the Indonesian Solidarity Party’s legal and constitutional study forum (FKHK).
JAKARTA, KOMPAS —Today, the House can also ask for police assistance to forcibly summon those who have thrice failed to fulfill the House’s summons, including using the threat of taking them hostage. At the same time, the House members’ he summonses and request for information in connection with the criminal cases must now be judged by the House\'s Ethics Council (MKD).
"The existence of the provisions in the Law on Legislative Institutions as a result of its revision shows that the House is building an oligarchy. The House is reinforcing its powers, and then has built a fort so that it cannot be touched by anyone. This is a threat to democracy," the director of the Center of Constitutional Studies at the Andalas University Law School, Feri Amsari, said on Tuesday (13/3) when contacted from Jakarta.