The Proposal To Discuss The Bill On The Prohibition Of Alcoholic Drinks In The DPR Reappears

JAKARTA - As many as 21 members of the Legislation Body (Baleg) of the DPR RI proposed discussion of a draft law on the prohibition of alcoholic drinks. Members who proposed came from the PPP, Gerindra and PKS factions.

"The bill was proposed by 21 members. 18 people from PPP, 1 person from Gerindra namely Father Raden Syafi'i, then two PKS factions namely Bukhori and Nasir Djamil," said DPR RI Baleg member from PPP faction, Illiza Sa'aduddin Djamal at the Baleg meeting on Tuesday. , 10 November.

The proposal for a bill to ban alcoholic drinks is not the first time it has been put forward. This bill has been initiated by members of the DPR for the 2009-2014 period. Then, it was proposed again in June.

There is a reason why the proposed bill for prohibiting alcoholic drinks was put forward. said Illiza, this bill aims to protect the community from negative impacts.

"This bill creates order and peace in society from alcoholic drinkers, raises public awareness about the dangers of alcoholic drinking, and creates order and peace in society from alcoholic drinkers," he said.

To support this bill, Illiza presented data on alcoholic beverages from WHO. He said, as many as 2.5 million people in the world died from alcohol and about 9 percent of these deaths occurred at the age of 15-29 years or productive age.

"For data in Indonesia, in the health research results of the Ministry of Health in 2007, the number of adolescents consuming alcoholic drinks is still 4.9 percent. For men, 8.8 percent and 0.5 percent for women," he explained.

then, according to Illiza, alcoholic drinks have not been specifically regulated in the form of a law. It is only included in the KUHP with general articles and not explicitly stated.