"The coordinating minister for political, legal and security affairs has been urged to coordinate with the minister of justice and human rights with regard to the revision of the law," cabinet secretary Pramono Anung said at a press conference here on Thursday, following a limited cabinet meeting on counter-terrorism and de-radicalization programs, at the presidential office.
He said before deciding to revise the law on terrorism, three options had been made available, consisting of revisions, issuing Perppu (government regulation in lieu of law) and writing a new law.
"After listening to all opinions and inputs, the President ordered the coordinating minister for political, legal and security affairs, the national police chief, the chief of the State Intelligence Agency and the National Counter-Terrorism Agency (BNPT) to conduct revisions of the law ( Law Number 15/2003)," he said.
Pramono said the President also wished that the revisions would also cover de-radicalization.
He said the current anti-terrorism regulation had been implemented well, but due to the development of radicalism in the world, a change is needed.
With regard to terrorism, he said, the President has asked the minister of information and communication to immediately shutter internet accounts that spread radicalism.
The President also ordered the minister of justice and human rights to restore order at penitentiaries, to prevent them from being used to spread radicalism.
"Based on various reports, one of the sources of radicalism is penitentiaries, besides direct teaching," he said.
Minister of justice and human rights Yasonna Laoly noted that he would consider holding terrorists in a special penitentiary.
"We have several ideas, including putting them on an island and imposing maximum security, as well as spreading them to several locations, but putting them in a special block with a super tight security," he said.
He added that he has instructed the Director General of Penitentiary to study the idea of a special penitentiary for terrorists.(*)
Editor: Heru Purwanto
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