Govt does not protect women

Govt does not protect women

From Kompas

I agree with Julia Suryakusuma in her article published in
Kompas of Sept. 27 under the title of Government regulation No.
10, an effective weapon or an instrument of power? because in
reality this government regulation does not protect the wives of
civil servants and members of the Indonesian military/police.

Let me cite my own experience when I was a unit commander. The
wife of one of my subordinates reported to me that her husband
had an affair with another woman. I called the person and he
admitted to having the affair.

Then I gave him two options: to stay in the service or have
two wives. He opted for an early retirement.

Ironically, after leaving the military service, he divorced
his first wife, who afterwards did not get any money at all
because the pension was collected by her former husband.

May this small example be taken into account by those drafting
the revision of Government Regulation No. 10 because the goal of
this government regulation is to protect women.

Ermanelly

Jakarta