PDIP: Is Yasonna Resigning The Prison Problem Is Solved?

JAKARTA - Minister of Law and Human Rights, Yasonna H. Laoly was asked to resign following the fire incident at the Class I Penitentiary (Lapas) in Tangerang, Banten on Wednesday, September 6, early in the morning. This incident left 44 people dead.

In response to this, the Chairman of the PDIP DPP, Ahmad Basarah, asked all parties not to make this disaster a political issue. According to him, the prison fire is a non-natural disaster. ''This disaster should not be made a political issue by certain parties by asking the Minister of Law and Human Rights to resign. Will the Minister of Law and Human Rights resign, will all problems in the prison environment that have dragged on since decades ago be resolved?,'' said Basarah, Friday, September 10.

Agreeing with Yasonna's statement, the head of the PDIP faction said that the burning building was indeed old. Where the electrical installation has never been repaired since the prison was founded in 1972. Moreover, said Basarah, from a number of information revealed the prison also exceeds its capacity by 400 percent. With a population of 2,072 people, which should only be enough to accommodate the inmates of 600 people. ''Naturally if many victims were killed or injured. It's too much if this case is used as a practical political commodity to replace the position of Menkumham,'' he said. Instead, Basarah appreciated the Menkumham Yasonna H. Laoly, who is also a PDIP cadre, for acting quickly by forming five special teams to handle this disaster intensively. As well as providing compensation to the families of the victims in the amount of Rp. 30 million for the victims who died, and taking good care of all the victims of serious and minor injuries. not serving a prison sentence.''But this applies only to users, not to dealers let alone drug dealers. They should be punished as severely as possible," Basarah said.