DPR plenary session affirms commitment to complete Asset Forfeiture Bill by 2026

The 3rd Plenary Session of the DPR for the 1st Sitting Period of the 2026–2027 Session Year affirmed the commitment to complete the Bill on Asset Forfeiture by 15 December 2026 at the latest.

The affirmation was delivered by Deputy Speaker of the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR RI) Sufmi Dasco Ahmad at the DPR Building in Jakarta on Thursday, after Chairman of Commission III of the DPR RI Habiburokhman reported on the progress of the bill’s deliberation.

“We thank the Chairman of Commission III of the DPR RI for delivering his report, and we are committed to completing the Asset Forfeiture Bill into law. It was conveyed earlier that according to the DPR RI calendar, the latest is 15 December 2026. Can this be approved?” said Dasco, which was then approved by the legislators.

The DPR RI is committed to promptly completing the Asset Forfeiture Bill in order to establish an integrated criminal justice system.

“I say that this is no longer a target, but it can already be confirmed that the Asset Forfeiture Bill will at the latest be passed in the plenary session in December 2026,” he said.

He explained that the drafting of the Asset Forfeiture Bill has taken relatively more time compared to other laws because this regulation contains new concepts that have never been regulated before.

“This Asset Forfeiture Bill is truly a very new law, its concept is also new, so we really need time to draft it, but in any case, it is clear that this law will be completed by December,” he said.

Meanwhile, asset forfeiture methods include those based on a criminal ruling against the perpetrator of a criminal act (in personam) and those based on a criminal ruling against the object of the criminal act (in rem).

The plenary session was also attended by the Pati United Community Alliance (AMPB). AMPB Coordinator Supriyono, also known as Botok, accompanied by representatives of other protesters, sat in the upper balcony of the meeting room.

AMPB was scheduled to hold a demonstration in the parliament grounds on Thursday, with one of its demands being the acceleration of the passage of the Asset Forfeiture Bill.