DPR: Asset Forfeiture Bill drafted with care
Jakarta (ANTARA) - Deputy Speaker of the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR RI) Sari Yuliati has said the Bill on Asset Forfeiture is being drafted with care so that it is not misused as a tool for criminalisation.
“It is not being slowed down, no; rather it is more about caution, so that when this law is enacted, the public will not end up regretting it,” Sari said during an audience with representatives of the Pati community in Jakarta on Monday.
She said Commission III of the DPR RI is still listening to input from various parties through public hearing meetings (RDPU) as part of fulfilling meaningful participation.
According to her, deliberation of the bill requires caution because there are a number of complicated matters. The DPR, she said, is committed to drafting a law that is equal for all parties.
“This bill has a bit of a tricky situation. We must ensure that when this law is enacted, it does not become a tool for the ruling regime to strike at others. We must make a law that is equal between the public and those in power,” she said.
On that occasion, Sari, together with Deputy Speaker of the DPR RI Cucun Ahmad Syamsurijal and Deputy Chairman of Commission VI of the DPR RI Andre Rosiade, received an audience from the Pati People’s Communication Forum.
Representatives of the forum conveyed a number of aspirations, such as improving public welfare, developing strategic economic areas, and restoring security and public order conditions in Pati, Central Java.
In addition, before the parliamentary leadership, a representative of the Pati People’s Communication Forum, Lukman Hakim, also questioned the progress of deliberation on the Asset Forfeiture Bill.
“Regarding the acceleration of the enactment of the Asset Forfeiture Bill, how far have the Deputy Speakers of the DPR progressed today? Although it is actually in Commission III, at least let us know how far the deliberation has gone,” he said.
Previously, Chairman of Commission III of the DPR RI Habiburokhman said the Asset Forfeiture Bill is targeted to be completed by December 2026.
“We are targeting the Asset Forfeiture Bill to be passed before December 2026, or at the latest within two sitting periods,” he said in a statement received in Jakarta on Tuesday (18/8).
According to Habiburokhman, the enactment of the Asset Forfeiture Bill requires more time than other laws, including the revision of the Criminal Procedure Code (KUHAP) and the Police Law, because its concept and design are entirely new in Indonesia.
“It is different from the KUHAP and the Police Law, whose concepts and old laws already exist. We are determined that this law on asset forfeiture can further maximise the eradication of corruption,” he said.