Civil Society Coalition for Sustainability Forest while conveying attitudes about Bill Combating Deforestation (P2H) to the Deputy Speaker of the House Pramono Anung Wibowo, Monday (1/4).
Civil Society Coalition for Sustainability Forests consisting of dozens of NGOs that care about sustainability and the environment, the Council urged leaders not to pass the bill Combating Deforestation (P2H) in the Plenary Session of the House of Representatives, Tuesday (2/4) tomorrow.

According to the NGO Coalition, if the bill was passed P2H is potentially threatening local people and potentially criminalize legal uncertainty due to the emergence of the clauses in the Bill.

According to Siti Rakhma Mary Herwati of the Association for Legal Reform and Community-Based Ecological (HuMa), the original purpose of the bill Combating Deforestation for preventing and combating deforestation effectively and provide punishment wary, because the destruction is considered as an extraordinary crime, organized, and a sophisticated manner.

“However, this bill will actually criminalize local communities living around the forest from the forest,” said Rakhma when received Vice Chairman of the House of Representatives Pramono Anung Wibowo in the House Leadership Room, Level 3 Building III Nusanyata Parliament Complex, Senayan, Jakarta, Monday (1 / 4).

Menurtu Rakhma, the Bill Combating Deforestation article contained a lot of rubber that creates legal uncertainty, and the potential for misuse of security forces tend to curb local communities around the forest.

These articles will punish criminal act that should not have convicted. It can be seen from at least five articles of the bill P2H namely Article 19, Article 20, Article 21, Article 22 and Article 25. On the other hand, as Article 83 of the Bill Combating Deforestation, the state actually understand the people living in the forest, but in fact still be penalized if they use forest.

According Rakhma, the bill is not seen

rationalization of the type (strafsoort) and the severity of the offense (strafmaat) is a threat. Almost all offenses punishable by less severe, potentially also opens opportunities for corruption or abuse of authority related to the granting of permits in the forestry and encourage the establishment of new institutions and ad hoc judges are judged not necessary forestry and doubt its effectiveness.

Meanwhile Pramono Anung said the discussion of the bill is actually P2H longest discussion of the bill in the House, for up to seven times during the trial. “It reflects how alotnya discussion of this bill. And, this is reflected in the length of the time period for completion of the discussion of this bill,” he said.

At the urging of a group of NGOs, Pramod also promised to deliver and forward in meeting these aspirations paripuna tomorrow. “Incidentally, who led the Tuesday plenary session of my own. I promise to delay approval of the bill on the input from all of you,” he said.