Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly Taufik Kiemas said on Thursday that the government should dismiss the Judicial Mafia Eradication Task Force because it did not effectively carry out its duty.

His statement was mainly directed at Deputy Minister of Justice and Human Rights Denny Indrayana. "He is now a minister," Taufik said. "It [the Judicial Mafia Eradication Task Force] should have been dismissed once he was sworn in as deputy minister."

Taufik said Denny was actively involved in the task force and asked media to visit prisons. After Denny was selected as deputy minister, the performance of the task force was no longer as effective, according to Taufik.

House Commission III deputy chairman, that oversees legal affairs, Nasir Jamil agreed with Taufik's opinion. "Judicial mafia cannot be combated with a task force," Nasir said. "The work results of the task mafia are not clear, or probably there are no results at all."

He said that the president, who established the task force, should publicly announce the task force's performance. "For example, what plan has been made by the task force to eradicate judicial mafia," he said. "If there is none, it means the task force was only made to lift up [the government's] image."