PPPA Minister Bintang Puspayoga Immediately Prepare Regulations Post-ratification Of The TPKS Bill

Minister of PPPA Anak Bintang Puspayoga/Photo: Antara

JAKARTA - The Minister of Women's Empowerment and Child Protection (PPPA) I Gusti Ayu Bintang Darmawati said that her party will immediately prepare implementing regulations after the ratification of the Draft Law on the Crime of Sexual Violence (RUU TPKS) into law. Our priority is to draw up implementing regulations," said Bintang in the discussion "Guarding Post-ratification of the TPKS Bill" which was broadcast virtually in Jakarta, Wednesday, April 13. coordinate with relevant ministries and non-ministerial government institutions (K/L) as well as local governments (pemda). The goal, he continued, is that aspects of prevention and implementation of integrated services can be carried out properly. He also confirmed that he would coordinate with the Ministry of Finance regarding the provisions for providing victim assistance funds in the bill. Regarding the Ministry of Law and Human Rights (Kemenkumham), Bintang said his party would discuss education and training for law enforcement officers and assistants.

With the DPR passing the TPKS Bill into law, Bintang hopes to provide comprehensive protection for victims, as well as prevent all forms of sexual violence, handle, protect, and recover victims. guarantees that the same incident will not happen again, he added. "Of course the TPKS Law is expected to provide certainty and fulfillment of the rights of victims," he said, quoted by Antara. In 2016 the Ministry of PPPA recorded that sexual violence was at 4.7 percent or occurred in one in 21 women. That number rose in 2021 to 5.2 percent or one in 19 women. Meanwhile, a national survey related to the life experiences of children and adolescents, in 2021 it is known that four out of 100 boys aged 13 to 17 years and eight out of 100 girls ages 13 to 17. 17 years in urban areas have experienced sexual violence in any form. These data show that the problems that occur are actually more complex than they appear on the surface. Sexual violence is a serious act and requires a comprehensive solution, one of which is through the TPKS Law.