The Ministry Of Law And Human Rights Welcomes The Revised Prosecution Law Proposed By Commission III Of The DPR

Deputy Minister of Law and Human Rights (Wamenkumham) Edward Omar Sharif Hiariej (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - Deputy Minister of Law and Human Rights, Edward Omar Sharif Hiariej, welcomed the revision of Law Number 16 of 2004 concerning the Prosecutor's Office, which was proposed by Commission III of the DPR RI.

"Earlier at the Commission III Working Meeting of the DPR, we said that basically the government welcomes the DPR's initiative to carry out further (revisions). The point is to strengthen the prosecutor's office," said Edward at the DPR RI Building, Jakarta, Monday.

He said this after attending the Commission III Working Meeting of the DPR which discussed the schedule and technical discussion of the revision of the Prosecutor's Law.

The points that will be proposed by the government, he said, will refer to the guidelines on the role of prosecutors, including the protection of the prosecutor's family.

In addition, it is related to the intelligence function for prosecutors and matters relating to prosecutors as state lawyers.

"There are things related to the prosecutor as a general advocate and that has been accommodated in the revision of the Prosecutor's Law," he said.

Edward was reluctant to respond regarding the wiretapping authority regulated in the revision of the Prosecutor's Law because the government was not involved in technical matters. In addition, the rules regarding the wiretapping authority of the prosecutor's office are in the Draft Law on the Criminal Code (RUU KUHP).

"We are more focused on strengthening the prosecutor's office," he said. Previously, Deputy Chairman of Commission III of the Indonesian House of Representatives Prince Khairul Saleh stated that there were 14 points in the revision of the Prosecutor's Law.

One of the points is the regulation of the prosecutor's authority to conduct wiretapping in the context of law enforcement as stipulated in the Law on Information and Electronic Transactions and the organization of a monitoring center in the field of criminal acts.