No more defamation bill

THE defamation article was axed. The Constitutional Court removed it from the Criminal Code (KUHP) in 2006. According to the Court, the article constituted a legacy of the Netherlands East Indies law to protect the king and the queen. After being adopted, the term king and queen were changed to president and vice president.

Now this 'zombie' article will be revived through the KUHP revision which was put forward to the parliament two months ago. Teten Masduki, member of President Joko Widodo's communications staff, explained that the draft of the KUHP revision was inherited from the previous government. Not much was changed other than clarifiying the existing article.

August 17, 2015

Tempo.co

Should the article on slandering the president be included in the Criminal Code Bill?
Yes
	(26.5%)	1,157
No
	(73%)	3,188
Unsure
	(0.5%)	20
Total	(100%)	4,365

THE defamation article was axed. The Constitutional Court removed it from the Criminal Code (KUHP) in 2006. According to the Court, the article constituted a legacy of the Netherlands East Indies law to protect the king and the queen.

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