Perda PPA Revised, DKI DPRD-Pemprov Enter Criminal Articles For Domestic Violence Perpetrators

Illustration of Domestic Violence (Pixabay)

JAKARTA - Revision of Regional Regulations (Perda) concerning the Protection of Women and Children (PPA) is proposed to be included in the regional regulation formation program (propemperda) for discussion in 2025.

Member of Komis E DPRD DKI Jakarta Cornelis Hotman asked the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government to immediately draw up a draft revision of the PPA Regional Regulation.

Given, in the revision of the regulation, criminal articles will be included for perpetrators of domestic violence (KDRT).

"The revision of the Regional Regulation on the Protection of Women and Children is necessary because the legal products are not yet good. There is no provision to encourage programs outside the Jakarta OPD such as the police, prosecutors, and other legal institutions," Cornelis said in his statement, Sunday, July 21.

Cornelis hopes that the criminal sanctions that will be regulated in the revision of the PPA Regional Regulation can support the realization of penalties for domestic violence actors.

If the regulation can be included in the revision of the Regional Regulation, he hopes, it will be able to provide a deterrent effect to domestic violence actors. So that it becomes an example for the wider community not to do the same thing.

In addition, Cornelis also asked the Department of Child Protection Empowerment and Population Control (PPAPP) to collaborate with the Health Office to provide assistance to victims of domestic violence and sexual violence.

"Health insurance is still within the scope of protecting women and children, there is a case of a child who is a victim of rape and pregnancy," said Cornelis.

"So a pregnancy termination must be carried out, but at that time there were obstacles, namely Jakarta's health insurance did not bear the termination of the content of the fulfillment of the rights of victims of sexual violence," he added.