JAKARTA - Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs (Menko Polhukam) Mahfud MD said President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) had approved and gave directions to revise a number of articles in the Electronic Information and Transactions Law (UU ITE).
This was conveyed by Mahfud after giving a report related to the results of the study and the law which is often referred to as having a rubber article.
"We have just reported to the president and have agreed to do it (revision, ed)," Mahfud said in a press conference broadcast on the YouTube account of the Coordinating Ministry for Political, Legal and Security Affairs, Tuesday, June 8.
The former Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court (MK) explained that there are four articles and one other article that will be revised in relation to changes to the ITE Law. The four articles are articles 26, 27, 28 and 36. In addition, there is article 45c which also needs to be revised.
The revision is intended to eliminate the snares of the rubber article which often punishes ordinary people due to the ITE Law. "That's all to eliminate multiple interpretations, eliminate the rubber article and criminalization, people say it happens a lot," he said.
"We will fix it without revoking the ITE Law. Because the law is still very much needed to regulate communication traffic in the digital world," added Mahfud.
Furthermore, this revised draft will be carried out by the Ministry of Law and Human Rights (Kemenkumham) and will soon be submitted to the Indonesian House of Representatives.
"This will later be included through the legislation process, will be carried out by the Ministry of Law and Human Rights for harmonization or for synchronization and included in the legislative process," he concluded.
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