Should a New Anti-Sexual Violence (RUU PKS) Bill be legalized in Indonesia?
Ovy Hayatuddin (EAP 9M-2020) *Published and presented for Australia Awards Scholarship Pre-Departure Training in Bali, September 2020 *Warning!! Typo, Grammatical Errors, appropriate language & vocabs The increasing number of sexual violence cases in Indonesia over the past decade has led to a desire to pass a new bill against sexual assault. Created by experts from the National Commission on Violence Against Women (KOMNAS Perempuan) in 2014, the first draft of a new Sexual Eradication bill was initially discussed by the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR RI) in 2016. In the following year, after discussions between the DPR RI and the Ministry of Woman Empowerment & Child Protection, the draft was added to a list of national priorities. Although a new law was not legalized by DPR RI members (2014-2019), the issue of this law is still being debated up till now. Dasopang (as cited in Sari, 2019) says that there are three key reasons why this draft was rejected in 2019.