Polygamy Reduces Hypocrisy?
Recently Government Regulation No. 10 of 1983 on Marriage and Divorce for Civil Servants (PP No. 10) has come under scrutiny. The regulation has been regarded as upholding cultural hypocrisy and constituting a repressive tool of the government.
September 25, 2000
For 17 years, no one has had the courage to challenge the Government Regulation on Marriage and Divorce for Civil Servants. But recently PP No.10 of 1983 has been criticized in the wake of rumors of President Abdurrahman Wahid having had an adulterous affair and Coordinating Minister for the Economy Rizal Ramli’s second marriage.
PP No.10 of 1983 constitutes an implementation of the Marriage Law of 1974, which regulates civil servants and
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