The Indonesian government has proposed a draft bill establishing a corruption court with the power to hear graft and money laundering cases, local press said Tuesday.
The draft bill also establishes corruption courts in the provinces.
The steering committee drafting the bill proposes regional courts be formed in at least five provinces initially, depending on budget constraints, with courts to be established in every regency or municipality in the long term, reported English daily The Jakarta Post.
The committee's chairman Romli Atmasasmita said the draft had been submitted to the President and he expected the House of Representatives to debate it as soon as possible.
"The sooner the draft is submitted to the House the better. The current Corruption Court will be dissolved in December 2009. That is the year the general elections will take place, so lawmakers will be busy preparing for the elections," he said.
He suggested the administration of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono issue a regulation in lieu of law (Perplu) on the proposed corruption court to anticipate a failure by lawmakers to deliberate the draft bill in time.
The Constitutional Court ruled in December 2006 the existing Corruption Court violated the Constitution because it lacked a strong legal basis.
The Constitutional Court gave the government three years to draft a new system to enable a special corruption court to hear graft cases.
Source:Xinhua
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