Indonesian Law Reporter Indolawreport

RSS Feed Homepage

Articles: 1, 2, 3

Water investment in Indonesia
2007-01-19 18:05:00
A good article on water investment appears on today's Jakarta Post: No significant improvements in services have been seen since the Jakarta water business was taken control of by the foreign investors, as evident from the thousands of complaints sent to the companies. There are now a number of unresolved problems that the new investors will have to tackle as a legacy. First, the scarcity of raw water, particularly during the dry season, as the companies rely too much on water from the Jatiluhur reservoir in West Java. Meanwhile, the water from the 13 rivers in the capital is too dirty to be processed into potable water. Second, many people are unhappy about a clause in the agreement that provides for automatic water-price increases every six months. There have been rumors circulating that the privatization of the tap-water business was made possible due to collusion involving the family of then president Soeharto. Both Palyja and TPJ have denied the accusation. Third, water pri...
More About: Indonesia , Investment , Men , Water , Vest

Four reasons why Constitutional Court's reasoning is not compelling
2007-01-18 11:59:00
In our newspaper Article, we highlighted four reasons why Constitution al Court's reasoning in invalidating Article 53 of the KPK Law was less compelling. The four reasons are:First, there is no evidence whatsoever that regulating the Corruption Court in the same law as the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) automatically violates the Constitution. The Constitution only mandates that the composition, membership, appointment and procedural law of the courts existing below the Supreme Court is regulated by a law. The KPK law has fulfilled such requirements and should therefore be consistent with the Constitution.Second, there is no guarantee that "equality before the law" will be observed by simply segregating the corruption court in a new law other than the KPK law. In order to be fully constitutional, the future corruption court must have specific competencies in adjudicating all corruption cases, as part of a "one-roof" system.Third, the Constitutional Court did not clearly e...
More About: Comp , Reason , Reasons , Four