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        "id": 1327545,
        "msgid": "house-plans-to-revise-the-population-law-1447893297",
        "date": "2003-06-27 00:00:00",
        "title": "House plans to revise the population law",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "House plans to revise the population law Sari P. Setiogi The Jakarta Post Jakarta The House of Representatives Commission VII on health and population is proposing a revision to Law No. 10\/1992 on population growth and family welfare. Commission chairman Posma Tobing told The Jakarta Post Wednesday that the amendment was necessary as the current law did not fit with regional autonomy, which came into effect in 2001.",
        "content": "<p>House plans to revise the population law<\/p>\n<p>Sari P. Setiogi<br>\nThe Jakarta Post<br>\nJakarta<\/p>\n<p>The House of Representatives Commission VII on health and <br>\npopulation is proposing a revision to Law No. 10\/1992 on <br>\npopulation growth and family welfare.<\/p>\n<p>Commission chairman Posma Tobing told The Jakarta Post <br>\nWednesday that the amendment was necessary as the current law did <br>\nnot fit with regional autonomy, which came into effect in 2001.<\/p>\n<p>\"The law was drafted when the country was adopting a <br>\ncentralized system, therefore most policies came from the top.\"<\/p>\n<p>He said that after the inception of regional autonomy there <br>\nwas the possibility that regional administrations were ignoring <br>\npopulation issues as central government control relaxed.<\/p>\n<p>Citing an example, Posma said the role of the National Family <br>\nPlanning Board (BKKBN) at regional level had been considerably <br>\nreduced as it used to carry out programs at the behest of the <br>\ncentral government.<\/p>\n<p>Posma said population was a national issue and should be of <br>\nconcern to each regional administration in the country.<\/p>\n<p>The current law did not enable the country to deal with global <br>\nissues related to population, particularly gender issues, men's <br>\nparticipation, reproduction rights and infertility, Posma said.<\/p>\n<p>\"Our country has pledged to comply with several <br>\nrecommendations on global issues agreed in international forums <br>\non population, including in the International Conference on <br>\nPopulation and Development in Cairo in 1994 and the Millennium <br>\nDevelopment Summit in New York in 2000,\" Posma said.<\/p>\n<p>The absence of a special institution and officials responsible <br>\nfor population and family planning were another flaw in the <br>\nexisting law.<\/p>\n<p>The draft amendment will involve population experts, including <br>\nBKKBN deputy chairman Siswanto Agus Wilopo, Demographic <br>\nFoundation chairperson Srihariati Hatmadji, Indonesian Doctors <br>\nAssociation (IDI) medical legal committee chairman Herkutanto and <br>\nCenter of Population Study and Policy vice president Sukamdi.<\/p>\n<p>Posma said the team was expected to complete the draft law in <br>\nSeptember.<\/p>\n<p>Indonesia is the fourth most populous country in the world.<\/p>",
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