VP backs judicial review on new law

VP backs judicial review on new law

JAKARTA: Vice President Hamzah Haz expressed on Wednesday his
support for the Public Servants' Wealth Audit Commission (KPKPN)
in its effort to seek a Supreme Court judicial review of the new
Law on the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPTPK).

After meeting with Hamzah, KPKPN member Lili Asjudireja said
Hamzah had acknowledged that the judicial review request was part
of the effort to find a better mechanism for eradicating
corruption.

According to Lili, Hamzah said there should be two commissions
to handle corruption cases, one being the KPKPN, which would
prevent corruption, and the other the KPTPK, which would
investigate corruption.

"If the two commissions could collaborate, corruption cases
would not need to go to the police and Attorney General's Office,
but could go directly to the court as the combination of the two
commissions would give them powers ranging from investigation to
prosecution," he said.

As things stand, however, the new law on the KPTPK requires
the dissolution of the KPKPN once the KPTPK has been
established.-- Antara