Rizky Amelia & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The Corruption Eradication Commission is calling on the government to revoke the draft revision of the Criminal Code Procedures bill, which has been sent to the House of Representatives for deliberation, claiming that it would weaken the role of the commission in battling corruption.

"We want the draft to be revoked," Busyro Muqoddas, deputy chairman of the body known as KPK, said on Friday. "We were not invited to discuss the draft of Kuhap [Criminal Code Procedures bill]."

Busyro said that the KPK would lodge an objection letter to the government, who initiated the revision of the Criminal Code Procedures, for failing to involve the corruption watchdog during the discussion.

"We're ready for a dialogue," Busyro said. "We will ask academics and society, so the input is not only from us."

The revised draft of the Kuhap has gathered some criticism over articles that have been seen as weakening the commission, including a proposal that forces the KPK to get court approval before using a wiretap.

But the Justice and Human Rights Deputy Minister, Denny Indrayana, said that the draft helped the commission fight corruption. "Related to wiretapping, our proposal is clear, it won't affect KPK and they don't need judge's approval," Denny said.

Denny said that he would not reject the idea to revise the draft if it was considered bad."The possibility to make the draft perfect is not closed," Denny explained.

In an academic paper written to draft the Kuhap, it stated that the KPK should obtain permission from the court judge to use a wiretap. Andi Hamzah, the head of the drafting team, said that the KPK was not excluded from the law. It also stated that the commission was allowed to wiretap if it was an urgent matter, but they would still have to report to the judge.

Democratic Party lawmaker Saan Mustopa said on Friday that the KPK could send their objections to the House to be discussed. "It's not necessary for the draft of Kuhap to be revoked by the government," Saan said. "We can discuss it here, just tell their objections and arguments."

Saan said that the KPK was equal with other legal institutions and therefore should be supervised. "[They] need to be supervised to prevent power abuse," he said.