2 Mahfud MD Team Reviewing Revision Of ITE Law Jokowi's Order So That There Will Be No More Rubber Articles

President Jokowi (DOK. BPMI Setpres)

JAKARTA - The Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Mahfud MD followed up on President Joko Widodo (Jokowi's) instructions to review the proposed revision of the Information and Electronic Transaction Law (ITE). There are two teams formed by Mahfud MD to review so that there will be no more rubber articles if the ITE Law is revised.

"The Coordinating Ministry for Political, Legal and Security Affairs which has the task of solving the problem of the ITE Law which contains the following contents: one, making implementative criteria so that the rubber article does not occur. The second is to study the possibility of a revision of the ITE Law, ”said Mahfud MD, Friday, February 19.

Mahfud MD explained the duties of the two teams formed by the Coordinating Ministry for Political, Legal and Security Affairs. The first team made technical interpretations and prepared criteria for articles of the ITE Law which were considered rubber articles.

"That will be carried out by the Minister of Communication and Information, by the Ministry of Communication and Information, Mr. Jhonny Plate, with his team, but also with other ministries under the coordination of Polhukam for this matter," said Mahfud.

Meanwhile, the second team was tasked with reviewing the proposed revision of the ITE Law. President Jokowi called Mahfud asked that articles that were considered discriminatory to the public as well as articles on rubber be discussed.

"We discuss it openly. This team will invite experts, will hear PWI, will hear all experts will be heard, the pro-democracy movement NGOs will be heard to discuss whether this needs revision, ”he continued.

If from the results of the study, the ITE Law is deemed necessary to be revised, according to Mahfud, the government will communicate with the DPR. Mahfud will certainly hear input from the DPR.

"There are also many people in the DPR who do not agree that this law is changed because of the danger that this country is not having a law like that. What if people berate through social media? What if people slander and make fake stories that are harmful or create pornographic content but are not made directly but on social media, whether it will be removed or such provisions. Now we will discuss it, "said Mahfud.

Two teams to study the revision of the ITE Law called Mahfud will work starting next week, Monday, February 22.