Noise in Democracy

KOMPAS/FERGANATA INDRA RIATMOKO

The People\'s Alliance Movement holds a rally on Monday (23/9/2019) at the Gejayan T-junction in Sleman, Yogyakarta. The demonstrators demanded that the government reevaluate the problematic articles in the draft Criminal Code Bill (RKUHP), as well as called on the government and the House of Representatives (DPR) to reconsider the recently approved revised Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Law.

Democracy was so noisy at the end of the 2014 to 2019 term of the House of Representatives (DPR) and of President Joko Widodo and Vice President M Jusuf Kalla.

Protests and demonstrations occurred in a number of places. The revision of Law No. 30/2002 concerning the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), which the House and President Jokowi seemingly insisted they had to ratify, became the starting point for the protests. With all the problems it faces, the KPK is a symbol of hope. Revising the KPK Law surprisingly very quickly was perceived as an effort to weaken the anticorruption body. This is where the battle of narratives and the battle of narrators occur. The credibility of the messengers also brings influences.