President Joko Widodo received inputs from a number of Indonesian law experts related to the pros and cons of the People's Consultative Assembly–MPR, the House of Representatives-DPR, the Regional Representative Council and the Regional People's Representative Council -MD3 Law in the community. Former Chairman of the Constitutional Court, Prof. Mahfud MD explained in Jakarta on Wednesday (28/2) that he and other law experts gave a number of views regarding the MD3 Law and the Criminal Code to President Joko Widodo, including an alternative legal consideration for the President with the full authority to decide the steps to be taken related to the pros and cons of the law.
“…The issues of MD3 are three chapters, namely chapter 73, chapter 122 and 245. We present our views and public views. Then, we say the President has a constitutional right, the constitutional authority, to immediately take any decision. And that's the consequence of the President's Office. So, we also have to follow what the President stipulates,” Mahfud MD said.
Prof. Mahfud hopes that the President can immediately take a decision. A number of law experts who attended the meeting with the President were Eddy Omar Syarief Hiariej, Maruarar Siahaan, and Luhut Pangaribuan.(VOI/Andy/RHM)