Ezra Sihite & Rizky Amelia – Indonesian lawmakers have unanimously spoken out against a plan to curb the Corruption Eradication Commission's (KPK) power in a letter sent to the House of Representatives.

"All factions have sent a letter to the House of Representatives asking to stop deliberation of the draft of the KPK Law revision," deputy speaker of the House Priyo Budi Santoso said on Tuesday night.

Lawmakers, who would've been the ones deliberating the bill in the House, need to submit an official letter voicing their opposition before the bill can be axed, according to House regulations. The move also required the support of the majority of the nine political parties currently represented in the House.

House Speaker Marzuki Alie is expected to address the letter and apologize to the Indonesian people for ending deliberations. "[The] House speaker will apologize to the public and ask the public to understand that for the sake of bigger interests the deliberation of the KPK Law revision draft will be terminated until the end of the House of Representatives 2009-2014 term," Priyo said.

The revision would have stripped the antigraft body of its ability to wiretap suspects and prosecute corruption cases. Critics said the proposed revision was an attempt to muzzle the KPK after a series of high-profile graft cases resulted in the convictions of several prominent lawmakers.

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said the effort was unwarranted in a speech last week.

Indonesian Corruption Watch (ICW) said the KPK Law doesn't need to be revised. "There is no such thing as a perfect law, but the KPK Law is quite good," Donal Fariz, a researcher at ICW, said.

Donal urged lawmakers to remove the proposal from the National Legislation Program (Prolegnas). "To guarantee that the KPK Law would bot be modified accord to political tensions, it should be removed from the Prolegnas," Donal said.