The clarification from the leader of the Consortium for Agrarian Reform (KPA) in the Letters section of TEMPO edition 4-10 September mentioned the change or revision of the Basic Agrarian Law (BAL) of 1960. What I’m about to write here is focused on the use of the term basic law, be it the BAL or Basic Journalism Law.

If we closely examine the 1945 Constitution, not a single article mentions the existence of a basic law. Technically and le