Besides Revision, Mahfud MD Says Jokowi Asks For Omnibus Law On ITE Law

Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Mahfud MD/Antara

JAKARTA - Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs (Menko Polhukam) Mahfud MD said President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) wanted to enact an Omnibus Law related to information and electronic transactions. This was sparked in a cabinet meeting discussing the revision of the ITE Law some time ago.

The former chairman of the Constitutional Court said that it was Jokowi who revealed the proposal in a meeting that discussed the possibility of a thorough revision of the ITE Law.

"Our president's direction will be the Omnibus Law for all of that. Now we are talking about a law called the ITE Law which causes reactions to its implementation in the community," Mahfud said in a press conference broadcast on the Coordinating Ministry for Political, Legal and Security Affairs YouTube, Friday, June 11. .

There are a number of things that will be regulated in the Omnibus Law of the ITE Law, such as personal data protection, consumer data protection, foreign intelligence interception, and foreign weapons using electronics.

According to him, the things he mentioned were already regulated in a number of current laws. However, this rule is considered to still stand alone so it needs to be unified.

"Tomorrow it will be put together so that it is prospective in the future and can become a legal umbrella for ITE issues," said Mahfud.

Previously reported, Mahfud stated that President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) had approved and gave directions to revise a number of articles in the Electronic Information and Transactions Law (UU ITE).

"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.

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.

Most recently, Mahfud said the government would not revoke the Information and Electronic Transactions Law (UU ITE). He said the government chose to carry out a limited revision of the law because repealing it would be tantamount to suicide.