Indonesian Child Protection Commission complaining about the problems faced by the children of Indonesia to Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court (MK) Moh. Mahfud MD on Friday (9/11). On the occasion, Vice Chairman of the Legal Affairs KPAI Apong Herlina accompanied by members KPAI others came to present the results of research that has been conducted on the issue of child rights KPAI Indonesia are still being violated by the state.

"We are very grateful for the opportunity of Mr. Moh Mahfud MD having been willing to accept us. The meeting was very beneficial to uphold the constitution, especially for children’s rights in Indonesia," he said.

Apong revealed KPAI very grateful for the decision of the Court regarding the testing of Law No. 3 Year 1997 on Juvenile Justice and Law No. 1 of 1974 on Marriage. According to Apong, the second decision of the Court shall be deemed KPAI has been protecting the rights of children who are victims of Indonesia to the enactment of the Act. "Age-related criminal Court decision protects the rights of children young and we’re grateful the decision is already established in the constitution. It changed things for the better because, according to our research, children in prison, never better," he explained.

KPAI, obviously Apong, also questioned the existence of unconstitutional law norms as legal norms governing the custody of children. Apong explained the child in this case, being a parent and it will interfere with the development of the child himself. "Then, the other is a massive problem for the administrative problems of juvenile offenders. So, there are cases of children, who should have completed their sentences, cannot get out of jail because law enforcement officials later issued a letter, "he explained.

It a very unfortunate by KPAI and the subject matter is the omission by the state on the issue of the number of Indonesian children do not have birth certificates as their basic rights. According to Apong, KPAI record, of the 85 million children in Indonesia, 50 million Indonesian children do not have ID cards. "This is due to the rules if the delay in making the birth certificate be fined. And for those who live in remote areas, takes time and costs quite a bit to take care of it. Moreover, to take care of a birth certificate can only be done at the district / city, "he said.

In response to the problems faced by KPAI, Mahfud said cannot discuss one by one, let alone the possibility of these issues go to the Court as a judicial review. "We have the research and development called the Center for Research and Study (Puslitka). We ask for written material from the aforementioned issues to be discussed together, "he said. (Lulu Anjarsari / mh/Yazid.tr)