New body planned to watch prosecutors

JAKARTA: The next president will have an instrument to supervise and boost the performance of prosecutor's offices after House of Representatives members agreed on revisions to Law No. 5/1991.

Lawmakers and the Minister of Justice and Human Rights Yusril Ihza Mahendra, deliberating the bill, had agreed that the President could set up a commission to supervise and improve the performance of prosecutors.

M. Akil Mochtar, a legislator involved in the bill's deliberation, said on Tuesday that the revised law would be a tool for the president to build such a judicial body.

The revision will be brought to a plenary meeting for endorsement on July 15, he added. -- JP