Jakarta – Head of the State Administration Institute (LAN) Agus Dwiyanto has blamed the poor law-making process for the high number of mediocre laws, many of which need revisions to adapt with rapid social and political changes.

"Many of the existing laws are revised only within three or four years after their enactment. It creates [legal] uncertainty," he said after a meeting on state administration in Jakarta on Tuesday.

Agus didn't specifically mention the exact number of "problematic" laws. He said, however, that Law No. 32/2004 on regional administration is a revision of a similar law issued in 1999. Law No. 32/2004 is now being revised at the House of Representatives.

In his speech, Agus also criticized several laws that were brought to the Constitutional Court for a judicial review, Antara news agency reported. "Given the fact that several laws are challenged [at the Constitutional Court], surely there are problems in the law-making process," he added.