RKUHP and the Balance of Democracy

Efforts to renew the colonial-era legal code, which had been in effect since 1918, were codified through Law No. 1/1946. The law was renamed the KUHP and has been in force since 1963.

A group of students recently gave an ultimatum to the President and the House of Representatives that they would stage a rally bigger than the one in 2019 with the slogan "Everyone Can Be Affected", arguing that the deliberation of the Criminal Code bill (RKUHP) had not been transparent and contained a number of problematic articles.

Rallies or demonstrations are clearly human rights that are fully guaranteed by the Constitution. From the comments of netizens on online media, at least several other views were found regarding the planned demonstration on 28 June. Therefore, the demonstration over the RKUHP does not necessarily represent the aspirations of all levels of society.