Starfruit (malangkota.go.id) – The Ministry of Law and Human Rights (Kemenkumham) is currently discussing the General Election Commission Regulation (PKPU) Number 20 of 2018 which stipulates that former corruptors are prohibited from running in legislative elections.
In the regulation, there will be several adjustments and it is hoped that it will not conflict with Law Number 17 of 2017 concerning Elections, and will not conflict with the decision of the Constitutional Court.
The prohibition of former corruptors, convicts, drug users and child abusers, even former terrorists from becoming legislative candidates is still a topic of discussion and debate among various parties. In PKPU number 20 of 2018, anyone who stumbles upon several of these problems is prohibited from becoming a legislative candidate.
Indonesian Minister of Law and Human Rights Yasonna Hamonangan Laoly, SH, M.Sc., Ph.D. said during his working visit to the Class I Malang Immigration Office, Tuesday (3/7), that his party is currently discussing the regulation. Currently, he said, there is a special team from the Ministry of Law and Human Rights that is discussing it and later there will be several adjustments to the articles of the regulation.
The adjustment in question, he explained, is so that the regulation is given space and does not conflict with Law Number 17 of 2017 concerning Elections, as well as the decision of the Constitutional Court.
"On the other hand, political parties actually do not want to nominate their problematic cadres as legislative members," he said.
Minister Yasona added that when his party discussed PKPU number 20 of 2018, many factions in the Indonesian House of Representatives also disagreed if legislative candidates had ever had dealings with the law. "However, because there are Constitutional Court regulations above it, the Ministry of Law and Human Rights is subject to this," he added.
"Basically, the Ministry of Law and Human Rights will obey the principles and procedures of the law, and agree that there are no problematic legislative candidates, so that it is hoped that various parties can understand and comprehend the rules being discussed by the Ministry of Law and Human Rights," he concluded. (say/yon)
