CHAIRMAN of the House of Representatives’ (DPR) Legal Affairs Commission, Bambang Wuryanto, sent a WhatsApp message to Minister of Justice and Human Rights Yasonna Hamonangan Laoly notifying him that the new draft Criminal Code (KUHP) was ready to be ratified. That day, on Thursday, November 24, Bambang received a reply asking for the ratification to be postponed.

“The government asked to postpone the ratification because they wanted