Habiburokhman Insists DPR Initiative Will Actually Accelerate Asset Forfeiture Bill

House Commission III Chairman Habiburokhman has denied the notion that transferring the Asset Forfeiture Bill into a House of Representatives (DPR) initiative will slow down deliberations. According to him, this mechanism will actually accelerate the legislative drafting process. “There is a hoax circulating that the DPR is rejecting the deliberation of this Asset Forfeiture Bill. In fact, as you all know, we have been conducting public hearing meetings on the asset forfeiture law for weeks,” Habiburokhman said during a press conference at the DPR building in Jakarta on Tuesday. “This is far more than the deliberations on other laws over just the past two to three weeks,” he continued. He stressed that the Asset Forfeiture Bill is included in the 2025-2026 Priority National Legislation Programme. He stated that the proposal to make the Asset Forfeiture Bill a DPR initiative is a strategy to accelerate deliberations. “It has also been said that transferring this law from a government initiative to a DPR initiative is meant to slow things down. In fact, the opposite is true. Logically, laws initiated by the DPR are much faster,” he said. According to him, by becoming a DPR initiative, the problem inventory list to be discussed will only come from the government. Conversely, if it remains a government initiative, the problem inventory list would come from eight factions within the DPR. “Why? Because there will only be one problem inventory list from the government. Once we have drafted it, the list will only come from the government. But if the law is proposed by the government, then the problem inventory list will come from eight factions,” he explained. “As we know, each faction will certainly create a problem inventory list that may be substantially identical but with different wording, resulting in a multitude of lists—eight times more than if it were proposed by the government,” he added. He assessed that this takeover is a sound strategy. Therefore, he said, the Asset Forfeiture Bill will be completed more quickly. “That is part of our strategy to ensure that all laws under deliberation, including and especially this asset forfeiture law, are fast-tracked. It is part of our tactics and strategy to bring this forward as a DPR proposal,” he stated. “Once the DPR has drafted it and the problem inventory list comes from the government, the process will be faster. That has been our experience in the DPR so far. If the problem inventory list comes from the DPR, the deliberations are definitely faster. That is part of our strategy,” he concluded.