Yusril targets increase in rule of law development index this year
Jakarta (ANTARA) - Coordinating Minister for Law, Human Rights, Immigration, and Corrections (Menko Kumham Imipas) Yusril Ihza Mahendra targets an increase in Indonesia’s rule of law development index this year, from 0.68 to 0.69.
“Our target for next year is to raise it to 0.69. Even though it’s just a one-point increase, it demonstrates something meaningful in our national rule of law development,” he said after the National Rule of Law Development Coordination Meeting in Jakarta on Wednesday.
To achieve this target, the Menko Kumham Imipas Office held the coordination meeting, attended by representatives of law enforcement agencies such as the Attorney General’s Office, Indonesian National Police, and Corruption Eradication Commission.
Government representatives were also present, including Minister of Imipas Agus Andrianto, Deputy Minister for State Apparatus Utilisation and Bureaucratic Reform Purwadi Arianto, as well as the Ministry of Human Rights and the Ministry of Law.
According to Yusril, the coordination meeting is important for synchronising national rule of law development planning collectively while evaluating the performance of rule of law development from year to year.
“So that synchronisation and harmonisation occur between national regulations and regional regulations, preventing overlaps between one regulation and another,” he said.
In addition, the meeting aims to prevent over-regulation. “Sometimes the same matter is regulated by various rules, causing confusion in the implementation stage,” Yusril stated.
To improve the rule of law development index, the Menko Kumham Imipas Office is systematising regulations at both national and regional levels, ultimately leading to the creation of justice and legal certainty.
“We know that national economic development must be supported by fair legal regulations,” he added.
Furthermore, Yusril said the coordination meeting also discussed aligning perceptions regarding the new Criminal Code (KUHP) and Criminal Procedure Code (KUHAP).
This alignment of perceptions is intended to prevent differing interpretations. Because, he said, inconsistent interpretations will cause confusion in society, thus failing to create justice and legal certainty.
“One of the things we started discussing earlier was the further implementation of the KUHAP at the stages of seizure, execution, confiscation of assets resulting from criminal court decisions, or seizures conducted before a criminal court decision,” Yusril remarked.