Jokowi Wants The Asset Confiscation Bill To Be Sped Up, Puan: Is It Accelerated Better?

Chairman of the Indonesian House of Representatives, Puan Maharani. (Nailin-VOI)

JAKARTA - The chairman of the Indonesian House of Representatives, Puan Maharani, responded to President Joko Widodo's statement encouraging the Asset Confiscation Bill to be resolved immediately by the council. Puan then asked Jokowi that whether the Bill being accelerated would be as good as the response of the DPR which quickly rejected the ratification of the Pilkada Bill. "Will it be accelerated to be better? Please ask that," said Puan at the Parliament Complex, Senayan, Jakarta, Thursday, August 29. Puan explained that the discussion of the law must first be discussed with various elements of society, not only the DPR and the government. So according to her, the DPR has not been able to confirm whether the Bill on Confiscation of assets will be discussed or cooperative to the next period. "What is certain is that every discussion of the law must meet the existing requirements, then must get input from all the elements of society needed. Then the legal requirements and mechanisms are met, so that in this short-live period, whether or not we have time to focus on things that are indeed important must be resolved," said the chairman of the PDIP DPP. Previously, President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) brought up the fate of the Asset Confiscation Bill which has not been discussed by the DPR. In fact, according to him, the bill is very important for eradicating corruption. Initially, Jokowi praised the response of the DPR RI canceling the revision of the Pilkada Law in the middle of the wave of rejection actions. Jokowi assessed the steps of the DPR RI was fast and good.

"Yes, I appreciate the DPR's quick steps in responding to the developing situation, a quick response is a good thing, very good," Jokowi said in a press statement posted on the Presidential Secretariat's YouTube, Tuesday, August 27.

Jokowi then said his hope for the DPR RI to be the same as other regulations. He also mentioned the Asset Confiscation Bill.

"And that hope can also be applied to other things as well, which is urgent, for example such as the asset confiscation bill, which is also very important for eradicating corruption, which can also be resolved immediately by the DPR," he said.