Coordinating Ministry For Political, Legal And Security Affairs Denies That The Signing Of The ITE Law Guidelines Was Carried Out Secretly

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JAKARTA - The Coordinating Ministry for Political, Legal and Security Affairs (Kemenko Polhukam) denied that the signing of the ITE Law Guidelines which was carried out on Wednesday, June 23, was carried out secretly or not published.

"So I want to clarify first, yes, it means that there is no intention even if the Coordinating Ministry for Political, Legal and Security Affairs did not make the signing public," said Head of the ITE Law Implementation Team, Sugeng Purnomo, in an online press conference, Thursday, June 24.

He reasoned that the signing seemed closed because it was not easy to determine the time between the Minister of Communication and Information (Menkominfo) Johnny G Plate, Attorney General ST Burhanuddin, and National Police Chief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo. Bearing in mind, these three officials are busy but must attend without being represented.

Thus, it was finally decided that the signing would take place on Wednesday afternoon when all three could attend. Moreover, it also does not intend to cover up these activities.

"So we don't mean to cover it up because we don't get any benefits," he said.

As previously reported, the Guidelines for the Criteria for the Implementation of the Electronic Information and Transaction Law (UU ITE) have been signed. With this guideline, it is hoped that law enforcement related to the law will no longer have multiple interpretations and guarantee a sense of justice for the community while waiting for the revised draft to be included in the 2021 Priority Prolegnas.

The signing was carried out by the Minister of Communication and Information (Menkominfo) Johnny G Plate, National Police Chief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo, and Attorney General ST Burhanuddin today or Wednesday, June 23 with a closed agenda.

"While waiting for a limited revision, the implementation guidelines signed by three ministers and one head of a ministerial-level institution can run and can provide maximum protection to the public," said Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs (Menko Polhukam) Mahfud MD in a written statement, Wednesday. , June 22.

Mahfud, who witnessed the signing, said that this implementation guideline had absorbed the aspirations of the people from the discussions that had been held previously.

"This (guideline, ed) was made after hearing from relevant officials, from the police, the Attorney General's Office, Kominfo, the community, NGOs, campuses, victims, reported parties, reporters, and so on, all of which have been discussed, this is the result," said the former chairman. the Constitutional Court (MK).

In principle, continued Mahfud, this guideline responds to the voices of the people who often mention that the ITE Law often takes victims because it contains rubber articles and causes criminalization as well as discrimination.

"Earlier, the four of us, I was the Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs, the Minister of Communication and Information, then the Attorney General, then the National Police Chief, following up on the decision of the internal cabinet meeting on June 8, 2021 yesterday, which decided on: one, the plan for a limited revision of the ITE Law, then the second regarding guidelines for implementing several articles of the Law ITE, articles 27, 28, 29, 36," said Mahfud.