Department of Defense Return Process Draf RUU Kamnas

5 Desember 2008

Several sides asked the government, especially the Department of the Defence, to be careful and no longer repeated the mistake beforehand when processing and putting forward the draft of the Keamanan Nasional Bill (the Kamnas BILL). According to the senior researcher the Agency of Ilmu Pengetahuan Indonesia (LIPI) the Nusa Bhakti Pledge, on Friday (5/12), the government must be really specific in defining the terminology of the Nasional Security at the same time also any side that will be involved in his handling in the future. "I in fact just supportive the Kamnas BILL was put forward and discussed, still will repeat the same mistake beforehand." Also must clear also the matter whether his definition, whoever later will put forward discussions (the draft), and anyone his speaker in the interdepartmental level, said the Pledge. Beforehand the draft of the Kamnas BILL could be discussed by Dephan that afterwards invited several controversies and the reaction of the refusal from several sides, including RI. Saat Itu police the contents of the draft of the Kamnas BILL also it was thought too much gave the big portion to the military to be involved.

According to the Pledge, the clarity of the definition about Kamnas one of them also including the matter of the spectrum of the problem that will be included in the BILL eventually. The pledge gave an example, when being involved in compiling the proposed draft of the Keamanan BILL of the Country (Kamneg), that later developed by Kamnas, several sides categorised the Kamneg affair in the context maksimalis [maximalist] and minimalis.


"If maksimalis meaning that the problem" of the "plague kind" of "bird flu or rumours could" of "food endurance enter, that definitely not the Republic of Indonesia State Police affair or the TNI but the related department." Now that minimalis believing the Kamneg affair, yes was limited by the related Republic of Indonesia State Police problem and the TNI as the main actor, said the Pledge. It was related that the process of discussions, the Pledge mewanti-wanti lest his process in the interdepartmental level, respectively the side only sent people from the level of the echelon of three or four, that was certain him did not have the authority made the decision. The process of draft discussions of the Kamnas BILL must involve the manufacturers and pemutus the policy in the interdepartmental level, that also must have the understanding and the expertise that were deep in view of the fact that the Kamnas affair was related to the very wide spectrum. In his press release of Dephan mentioned his side at this time accepted the concept of the foundation and results of the study that beforehand was carried out by the Ketahanan Nasional Agency (Lemhannas) at the request of the Ministry of the Co-ordinator the Politik Field, Hukum, and the Security.

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