Ratification Of TPKS Law Momentum Polri Develop PPA Directorate

JAKARTA - The enactment of the Sexual Violence Law (UU TPKS) has become a momentum for the National Police to develop the Women and Children Protection Unit (PPA) into a separate directorate at the Criminal Investigation Unit of the National Police and the Regional Police. "Of course the Police welcomes the ratification of the TPKS Bill in order to establish protection for women," said Head of the Public Relations Division of the National Police Inspector General Dedi Prasetyo as quoted by Antara, Tuesday, April 12.

According to Dedi, the National Police has consistently accelerated the proposals of the PPA Directorate at the Bareskrim level and followed up up to the regional police (polda) and resort police (polres). criminal acts as regulated in the law, in order to create a deterrent effect for perpetrators and most importantly to mitigate the problem of sexual violence against victims," said Dedi.

Inspector General Dedi said that the National Police were accelerating the proposal of the National Police Chief to develop the PPA Directorate. Currently the process is in the submission or proposal, which will be discussed together with the Ministry of Administrative Reform (Kemenpan), Ministry of Law and Human Rights, State Secretariat and others. so it needs a process,” said Dedi.

In addition, continued Dedi, the development of the PPA directorate will also be accompanied by the development of police human resources who are responsive or sensitive to sexual violence issues. The DPR officially approved the ratification of the TPKS Bill into law. The decision was taken in a plenary meeting of the Indonesian House of Representatives after the Legislation Body (Baleg) and the Government agreed on the draft law at the level I discussion, Wednesday (6/4). TPKS) will be a gift for women in welcoming the commemoration of Kartini Day on April 21, 2022. She said the TPKS Bill is the result of the work of all parties and is concrete evidence that the state is here to protect all people from sexual crimes. between the DPR and the Government to fight for the rights of victims of sexual violence which have been neglected so far.