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96924
Sat, 12/26/2009 - 23:33
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DPR OPEN TO INPUTS FOR REVISION OF INFORMATION LAW
Yogyakarta, Indonesia, Dec 26 (ANTARA) - The House of Representatives (DPR) through Commission I is open to ideas with regard to questions on whether or not the Information and Electronic Transactions (ITE) law needs to be revised, a legsialtor said.
"Basically we will accept all inputs from those supporting the revision or those who reject it to be compromised later," Roy Suryo, a member of House Commission I said after meeting with media and information practitioners here on Saturday.
He however added that if a revision or even revocation would really happen there would be people would bear the consequences of the absence of a law to secure the status of electronic data such as short messages, e-mails and voice recordings and also audio-visual recordings.
"The presence of the ITE Law is normal and is also applied in other countries such as the US and European countries. The law is made to anticipate technological advances," he said.
He however admitted that the law is not yet perfect referring to Article 27 Paragraph 3 on defamation.
He said in its explanation the law states that the article is already clear while "the fact is many people still do not know it well" referring to the recent cases of Prita and artist Luna Maya over their statements in the internet service considered defaming respectively Omni hospital and entertainment reporters.
"The Prita case is indeed subject to ITE Law because Prita has mentioned names directly while the Luna Maya case cannot because no name is mentioned," he said.
Roy said if more people had become afraid of being brought to court for being considered violating the law the government had to intensify familiarization of the law.
The government also still has an obligation to make nine government regulations for the implementation of the law, he said.
"Freedom of expression based on facts must continue to be respected but the freedom may not become absolute," he said.***
"Basically we will accept all inputs from those supporting the revision or those who reject it to be compromised later," Roy Suryo, a member of House Commission I said after meeting with media and information practitioners here on Saturday.
He however added that if a revision or even revocation would really happen there would be people would bear the consequences of the absence of a law to secure the status of electronic data such as short messages, e-mails and voice recordings and also audio-visual recordings.
"The presence of the ITE Law is normal and is also applied in other countries such as the US and European countries. The law is made to anticipate technological advances," he said.
He however admitted that the law is not yet perfect referring to Article 27 Paragraph 3 on defamation.
He said in its explanation the law states that the article is already clear while "the fact is many people still do not know it well" referring to the recent cases of Prita and artist Luna Maya over their statements in the internet service considered defaming respectively Omni hospital and entertainment reporters.
"The Prita case is indeed subject to ITE Law because Prita has mentioned names directly while the Luna Maya case cannot because no name is mentioned," he said.
Roy said if more people had become afraid of being brought to court for being considered violating the law the government had to intensify familiarization of the law.
The government also still has an obligation to make nine government regulations for the implementation of the law, he said.
"Freedom of expression based on facts must continue to be respected but the freedom may not become absolute," he said.***
