The Legal Policy of Anti-Corruption
The reason to strengthen the KPK is merely a justification for the revisions, and upon examination, it has almost none of the right reasons.
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Zainal Arifin Mochtar
Legal policy, according to Mahfud M.D.’s concept (2004), can be translated into at least three aspects: One, as a "blueprint" of the ideal policies and regulations; two, the political tug-of-war that occurs in the room for deliberating and approving the legislation; and three, the implementation that is expected and is controlled by the regulation.
In the tragedy of the revised Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Law, the position of these three aspects appears to have weakened. The reason to strengthen the KPK is merely a justification for the revisions, and upon examination, it has almost none of the right reasons. When the House of Representatives (DPR) and the government deliberated and approved the bill, it was revealed how thin were the anti-corruption and the KPK’s institutional strengthening that President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo and political parties promised during their election campaigns.