Seeking to rebut emerging criticism that the revised Criminal Code (KUHP) had been insufficiently prepared to reflect the people’s aspirations, Deputy Law and Human Rights Minister Edward OS Hiariej on Monday claimed that the penal code had achieved a “win-win” solution for bridging differences between the nation’s religious conservatives and liberals.

Not only had the KUHP seized Indonesia’s primary goal of decolonizing its laws, Edward said, it had also found a legislative middle path to reconcile the nation’s vast cultural differences. Concerns over the narrowing of personal autonomy were therefore unfounded, he asserted, especially with regard to foreign investors and tourists thinking twice before paying the country a visit.

“The KUHP has been drafted with meticulous attention. At the core of the deliberations was striking a balance between the state’s and the people’s interests, all within the context of a multiethnic, multi-religious and multicultural society,” he said at a Foreign Ministry press conference.

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courtesy of THE JAKARTA POST

by Yvette Tanamal (The Jakarta Post)

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