State Secrets can Wait

The DPR should reject the State Secrets Bill. There is no urgency to it and it does not support transparency.

June 10, 2008

INDONESIA does not need a State Secrets Act yet. There is no urgent or pressing need for such a law. We have never heard of state secrets being leaked out that have led to serious problems. The only serious leaks we have had involved the national final school exams, and that certainly does not need a law for its future prevention. It is also excessive for the Defense Department to block military documents concerning the acquisition and sale of ar

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