Jakarta, CyberNews: The President, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, and the Lawmakers considered to despise the Constitutional Court if not legalizing Corruption Bill (RUU Pengadilan Tindak Pidana Korupsi (Pengadilan Tipikor)).

It was said by a law expert, Irmanputra Sidin, in a discussion held by  National Law Reformation Consortium (Konsorsium Reformasi Hukum Nasional) at Cikini, Tuesday (4/22). He stated, the Constitutional Courts verdict had confided the President and the Lawmakers  to create Corruption Court Act.

"The time limit will come on Desember 2009. The ignorance means a despising for the Constitutional Court," he said.

In fact, he added, it had been more than one year and they had not discussed the bill. Draft of the bill had been given from Department of the Law and Human Rights (Departemen Hukum dan HAM (Depkumham)) to the President any weeks ago. However, until now the President had not given it to the Lawmakers.

Irman worried, the bill would not be finished until the time limit. Remember, the Lawmakers and the presidency concentrated on the 2009 general election. "The failure on the drafting of the Act will cause the dismissal of the Ad hoc Corruption Court which exists now,” he said.

Irman pushed the President to create a Government Decree to replace the Corruption  Court Act  from the draft. The extra-procedural step to anticipate the unfinished discussion of the Corruption Court Bill.

When the decree created, he added, it could be implemented soon. About the emergency term to draft a decree, Irman explained, the corruption which had been running rampant could be categorized as an emergency.

Moreover, he continued, the Constitutional Court verdict on the Forestry Act judicial review stated that emergency was a subjective assessment and also a prerogative authority of the President. "Let the Lawmakers test the subjective assessment of the President on the emergency”, he stated.

Irman also explained, by the presence of the Decree The Lawmakers would hold a discussion whether it could be an Act or not. But, if the Lawmakers rejected or canceled the Decree then we could see that the Lawmakers did not want to support the corruption extermination. “The condition is good for the President”, he said. Because, the citizens would considered that the President support the corruption examination.
In the same time, coordinator of Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) Teten Masduki stated that the President should be pushed to safe the presence of Ad hoc Corruption Court. Because, he stated, the court had done a good job so far. “There is no case which acquitted, even the trend shows that the punishment is higher than the petition. This long, the court is a good partner for the Corruption Exterminator Commission (Komisi Pemberantas Korupsi (KPK))”, he stated.

He confessed, the existence of the Ad hoc Corruption Court made many side threatened. As example, the statement said by the Chair of Commission III Trimedya Panjaitan who wanted to dismiss the Ad hoc Corruption Court. Even more, today some members of the Lawmakers arrested by the Corruption Exterminator Commission. “Beside that, the Ad hoc Corruption Court make the general court looked worse, because there is so many corruption case acquitted”, he stated (Mahendra Bungalan /CN09)

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Translated by Kencana Suluh Hikmah (MKRI).