Drawing the Line

December 28, 2004

Jimly Asshiddiqie’s job is not to make lots of people happy. So, he did not hesitate to take the decision: to overturn the application of Law No. 16/2003 on the Adoption of Government Regulation in Lieu of Law (Perpu) No. 2/2002 concerning the Eradication of Terrorism in Relation to the Bali Bombing.

This decision of the Constitutional Court which he heads rocked many people. In the midst of all the commotion over terrorist bombings, the cou

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