Commission III Of The House Of Representatives Encourages Revision Of The Narcotics Law To Overcome The Rising Prisoners' Budget

Deputy Chairman of Commission III of the Indonesian House of Representatives Desmond J Mahesa/Photo: Antara

JAKARTA - Deputy Chairman of Commission III of the Indonesian House of Representatives Desmond J Mahesa has pushed for the revision of Law No. 35 of 2009 on Narcotics to overcome the large annual budget issued by the government for the expenditure of prisoners or prisoners in Indonesia, which reaches Rp. 1.8 trillion. "The Narcotics Law has 5 points, for example we discuss rehabilitation, the burden is in the law if I see it is still the old pattern. If it is still unclear between dealers and drug users, the decision will remain the same, then excess capacity will not be resolved," said Desmond at the Parliament Complex, Jakarta, Monday June 6. Kemenkumham Year 2023. Desmond explained, through the revision of the Narcotics Law, it will be clear which party will be responsible for the crime. In addition, according to him, by stipulating rules for everyone who is proven to be a drug user, they are immediately rehabilitated. "Then whose responsibility is this rehabilitation problem? if we separate between the city and the user. Users are categorized as rehabilitation, the results of discussions in Commission III of the DPR, how the users are directly rehabilitated but the handling is the responsibility of the regional government, not borne by the Ministry of Law and Human Rights anymore, "he said.

Desmond believes that through the revision of the Narcotics Law, the state burden related to food spending for prisoners at the Correctional Agency (Bapas) of the Ministry of Law and Human Rights can be reduced from the previous figure of Rp. 1.8 trillion. rehabilitation. In the Commission III Working Meeting of the DPR, Menkumham Yasonna Laoly said that in 2023 a budget of Rp. 1.8 trillion was budgeted for the expenditure of the Kemenkumham Fathers.