KPK Law revision against democratic values: Former Supreme Court justice
The controversial revision to the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Law violated several democratic values upheld by the country, former Supreme Court chief justice Bagir Manan told the Constitutional Court during a hearing on Wednesday.Bagir, also a constitutional law professor at Padjadjaran University in Bandung, West Java, was summoned to give an expert statement regarding a judicial review petition challenging the revised KPK Law filed by seven different groups.The former justice was brought by a group of petitioners consisting of former KPK commissioners, namely Agus Rahardjo, Laode Muhammad Syarif and Saut Situmorang. Apart from the protests, hundreds of thousands of people signed petitions demanding the House revoke the revision, including a petition started by a Yogyakarta’s Gadjah Mada University lecturer that received around 2,300 signatures from lecturers of 33 universities.The former justice said public opinion should be an essential consideration in writing laws, even though the country used a representative democratic system through the election of legislators. He added that public participation should also still be encouraged.Bagir added that the short deliberation time of the revision indicated that the House and government rushed the bill and did not deliberate it prudently. It took only 12 days from the initial meeting to the day the House passed the bill.“It also shows a lack of openness and transparency, which limits public participation. This went against efforts to eradicate corruption.”He highlighted that only 102 lawmakers attended the plenary meeting in which the bill was passed, which was less than the required quorum – although 289 House members signed the attendance list.Bagir said the law should not be valid if this fact could be proven, as it violated the procedure for drafting and passing legislation.The petitioners also invited Aan Eko Widiarto, a constitutional law expert from Brawijaya University in Malang, East Java, to give testimony during Wednesday’s hearing.Aan highlighted that the KPK Law revision was on the House’s 2019 open cumulative list– meaning that the government or House could promote it to be deliberated, although it was not included in the National Legislation Program.Bills are put on the open cumulative list if they are related to international treaties, state budget, changes in the regional administrative area, the establishment and revocation of a regulation in lieu of law (Perppu), as well as a Constitutional Court ruling.Read also: Constitutional Court probes why KPK bill got speedy treatmentAlthough the Constitutional Court ordered the government and House to revise the KPK Law and put the antigraft body under the executive branch in 2017, Aan said the bill’s academic script failed to address the court ruling. This should have hindered the House and the government from pushing the deliberation of the bill.Moreover, he added that the submitted academic script should not be valid as it failed to address at least six points included in the revised law, including the role of the newly established supervisory council. Many criticize the board for reducing the antigraft body’s independence, as graft busters would need to wait for its approval prior to carrying out wiretapping, raids and the seizure of items.Presiding Justice Anwar Usman adjourned the hearing until July 14, when the petitioners will propose more experts to testify.Topics : Bagis testified that President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo and the House of Representatives had largely ignored mounting rejection against the revision upon deliberating the law.The revision, which was passed by the legislative body in October last year, triggered massive demonstrations in Jakarta and other regions, with protesters saying the law had taken the independence out of the antigraft body and stripped away most of its power.“Many voices from the public at large, academics, mass media and experts demanded [the President and the House] to stop deliberating the revision and keep the law as is,” Bagir testified during Wednesday’s hearing. “However, neither the House nor government responded to the public’s opinion.”Read also: Majority of people oppose KPK Law revision, support student protests, new survey reveals
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Share Share Did I even want this?When I found out I was pregnant one fateful night following a frantic trip to Rite-Aid during my senior year of college, there seemed to be one overlying question:Would we get married?As anyone who experiences an unplanned pregnancy in a committed relationship can tell you, it’s the question that everyone wants to ask. It’s the elephant in the room, the words hanging in the air, waiting to burst out of the mouth of your parents, the grocery store clerk, your next-door neighbor.It’s the question that my boyfriend of four years, Ben, asked when he proposed to me on a drizzly fall day, the sun bursting out through the rain clouds the moment he dropped to his knees.Getting engaged while you’re pregnant is a bit like your parents congratulating you for running your junior high track meet — sure, they probably mean it, but in the end, they kind of have to, don’t they?I wasn’t sure how I felt about anything. I had no idea how to accept the fact that I growing an actual human being inside of me, let alone deal with the fact that in nine short (long) months, I was going to become a mother.My whole life had already changed, literally overnight. Did I really want to rock the boat even more by jumping into marriage?The consensus among our small town was that of course we should get married — and soon. The pressure to wed felt overwhelming. People looked at us as if we committed the ultimate sin of getting pregnant out of wedlock, and yet, they somehow thought our getting married would make it all better — that even though the math didn’t really add up, it would still be ok when I popped that kid out as long as I had a ring on my finger.My mom was the sole voice of reason through the whole thing. She urged me to not to rush into marriage just because I was pregnant. She knew there would be doubts someday as a married woman, and she reminded me that I wouldn’t want those doubts surfacing because of a baby.Of course, I already had doubts — was Ben just doing his duty? Were we too young to get married? Was I ready for any of this? Did I even want this?There were other things too. Like the fact that I wanted my day. I wanted to feel pretty, not pregnant. I wanted to look at Ben and see my husband — not the father of my child. I wanted everything that came with the wedding — the champagne, the dancing, the carefree joy of the day.A wedding is supposed to be the one day in a woman’s life that is really and truly all about her. The hair, the dress, the jewels — it’s all about the bride.But in my case, it would be all about the baby.And then there’s the fact that a wedding is more than a day; it’s a symbol of the perfect life that we all dream about — the beautiful bride, the loving first kiss, the start of happily ever after. We all want the fairytale wedding.Pregnant brides are not the stuff of fairytales.Eventually, I had to face my reality, which was that it wasn’t just about me anymore. I had a baby to think of. Worries and questions flashed through my mind as I considered getting married after the baby came: Would I rather have the pregnant body or the postpartum body? Who would watch the baby during the ceremony? Did I want the nurses at the hospital asking me which last name the baby would carry? Could I breastfeed in my wedding gown?There were practical considerations, too — like the fact that my due date fell on the week of my college graduation, that Ben would still have a semester of school left, that we would be moving, job-seeking, and apartment hunting.Then again, I knew on our first date that he would be my husband, the shy boy in the striped sweater across the restaurant booth, and we had discussed marriage plans before I found out I was pregnant. Would moving it up a year matter?And part of me wanted to make a stand for myself and for all the young moms out there like me who still face judgment and hostility for our unplanned pregnancies. I wanted to show that I didn’t care what people thought — that I could be pregnant, get married, and remain happy all while wearing bridal white, thankyouverymuch.So I did it.At five months pregnant, after two months of planning, I walked down the aisle. Four hundred guests craned their heads to look at me, not just to see the blushing bride or beautiful dress, but to see if I was starting to show.Most days, I am confident that I made the right decision in marrying before I gave birth, but on other days, like when I see a bride who can actually fit into her wedding gown, I have my doubts.I compare the non-pregnant bride’s glow with my own experience, and I wonder about what could have been.I never thought my wedding would turn out the way it did. I didn’t think I would puke in the parking lot from morning sickness right before wedding dress shopping. I didn’t think I would show off ultrasound pictures at my rehearsal dinner or that I wouldn’t have a bachelorette party or bridal shower. I didn’t think I would call my seamstress, crying and hysterical, when my wedding gown, already let out twice, tore completely down the side with hours to go before the ceremony.I’d like to give you a neat and tidy ending here, but the truth is, I’m still not sure I did the right thing. Getting married when I was pregnant was hard. It was stressful on both sides of the family, it was rushed, I was exhausted and nauseous, and it felt entirely like too much pretending everything was “normal.” I found myself wanting to stand up in the middle of the ceremony and shout, “I’m pregnant! Everyone knows it, so can we please stop pretending I’m not?” I paused at the part of our church ceremony when they asked if we would accept children into the marriage — how did they expect me to answer that?In the end, I don’t have an answer for you. I don’t know what the right thing to do is when you are expecting and engaged.But I can tell you this:That sometimes, you can re-write the fairytale.That sometimes, you get to dance with your daughter at your wedding.That sometimes, all you can do is sip your non-alcoholic champagne, ignore your swollen ankles, and dance the night away.by Babble.com
Josef Bogdanovich, CEO of Reggae Sumfest and Downsound Records, has initiated the Caribbean Love Now concert to raise money and relief items for Caribbean countries which were ravaged by Hurricanes Irma and Maria last September.The show (and telethon) is scheduled for November 22 at Red Stripe Oval in Kingston, Jamaica. It has a number of top acts including Sean Paul, Tarrus Riley, Assassin, Beenie Man, Bunji Garlin and Fay-Ann Lyons, Bunny Wailer, Freddie McGregor, Etana, Nesbeth, Sizzla, Romain Virgo, Third World, Toots and the Maytals and Mr. Vegas.Visited devastated islands Josef Bogdanovich visited some of the affected islands recently with Jamaican government officials. He was particularly struck by the devastation in Dominica, Anguilla and Barbuda.“Now, more than ever we have to stand up for our Caribbean brothers and sisters. No one could have imagined that so much could have been lost so quickly. Jamaica is in a position to help in a meaningful way, but we must act now,” he said.Bolt company support’s effortA number of Jamaican companies have pledged their support for the event including Usain Bolt’s Tracks & Records, a popular Kingston nightclub.Bogdanovich, an American, is principal of Downsound Records which has worked with a number of top Jamaican artists including Fantan Mojah, Ninja Man, Ishawna, Nanco and DYCR. He bought the rights to the annual Jamaican music festival, Reggae Sumfest last year.Anguilla, Barbuda and Dominica suffered the brunt of the two hurricanes’ deadly force. Located in the Leeward Islands, the governments of the affected countries reported extensive damage to infrastructure and in the case of Dominica, approximately 27 deaths due to Hurricane Maria.For previous article on Caribbean Love Now, click the link: Joe Bogdanovich launches Caribbean Love Campaign
“Ever since I stopped drinking, it’s been a transformation,” Seferian-Jenkins said. “It really has changed my life. I just try to win one day at a time. … Knowing you need help and you don’t go get it, that’s the worst thing.”Between injuries and disciplinary issues, Seferian-Jenkins played only 43 games in five seasons since being drafted in the second round by Tampa Bay in 2014. He has 116 career receptions for 1,160 yards and 11 touchdowns. Patrick Peterson surprises Cardinals by attending OTAs despite suspension The tight end position in New England remains in flux as the team announced Tuesday it has released Austin Seferian-Jenkins shortly after multiple reports that he planned to step away from the game for a month to deal with personal issues.Seferian-Jenkins signed a one-year deal with the Patriots in April after a five-game stint in Jacksonville that ended when he aggravated a core injury and landed on injured reserve. Browns’ Duke Johnson says team put him on trade block before he asked to be dealt Titans’ Adam Humphries explains decision to pass on Patriots It’s unclear what personal issues Seferian-Jenkins is dealing with, but he admitted to seeking help for a drinking problem in 2017 — less than a year after a DUI arrest that resulted in him being cut by the Buccaneers.Seferian-Jenkins told ESPN at the time he had stopped drinking. Related News With Seferian-Jenkins now off the depth chart, New England is left with Stephen Anderson (36 career receptions), Matt LaCosse (27), Ryan Izzo (0) and Andrew Beck (0) as options at tight end … a tough reminder of the stability it enjoyed at the position before Rob Gronkowski retired this offseason.Benjamin Watson was signed out of retirement last month but will serve a four-game suspension to start the season after testing positive for PEDs.New England has been linked to trade talks for Vikings tight end Kyle Rudolph, who is entering the final year of his contract and has been adamant about not taking a pay cut to remain in Minnesota.
Before the start of last night’s match between national teams of B&H and Wales, B&H national team player Edin Dzeko handed special gift to Amel Tuka.Our best athlete and winner of the bronze medal at the World Championship received a gift in the form of the national team jersey of honor, with his name and the time he ran the race in Monte Carlo.This is the time he ran on the Diamond League, which was held back in July, when Tuka won the 1st place with excellent time 1:42:51.To recall, in the great race in Monte Carlo, in which he charmed all lovers of athletics, Tuka achieved time which secured him the first position, and lead him in front of the world’s best athletes.(Source: klix.ba)
The Chiefs will do their best to slow down the 49ers with safety Tyrann Mathieu and others, but they are not built to cover the speed and quickness of the 49ers overall, especially when you add the elements of play-action and misdirection. The degree of difficulty is then raised threefold by the 49ers’ depth, versatility and Shanahan’s infinite playbook.”We go with whatever Kyle draws up and whatever he wants us to do, we execute,” Sanders said. “That’s the only thing that’s on our mind, executing at a high level.”The 49ers will do just that to outrun and, more importantly, outscore the Chiefs in Super Bowl 54. The Chiefs have fielded a much-improved defense during their eight-game winning streak. They did well to contain the Titans and Texans, but for the most part, they haven’t faced an offense of the 49ers’ caliber since beating the Ravens 33-28 in Week 3. In that game, on a day when Lamar Jackson didn’t run as much as usual, Kansas City gave up 452 yards. Baltimore was balanced and explosive with 203 yards rushing and 267 yards passing.The 49ers beat the Packers with quarterback Jimmy Garopplo needing to attempt only eight passes. They’ve won a game where he’s dropped back 47 times. He has excelled at facilitating San Francisco’s speed by both getting the ball out quickly to his receivers in open field and extending plays to find guys streaking downfield.MORE: Revisiting the Garoppolo trade (Getty Images) https://images.daznservices.com/di/library/sporting_news/60/22/raheem-mostert-011920-getty-ftrjpg_c56m77pjflv217rotypa7duzg.jpg?t=-1058556561&w=500&quality=80 MIAMI — All Chiefs media sessions leading up to Super Bowl Sunday made it crystal clear how many stories were being written about the speed of Kansas City’s offense, and how it would get the better of the 49ers’ talented defense.But the reality is San Francisco’s offensive speed is just as or arguably more abundant. And facing a Kansas City defense that has issues at linebacker and in the secondary, it will be the biggest reason why they will win Super Bowl 54. MORE SUPER BOWL 54:Expert picks | Who’s the fastest player?49ers safety Jimmie Ward knows his team’s defensive back seven is better equipped to handle the Chiefs because of how physical they can play from those positions. Ward and his defensive teammates are up for the challenge — and he thinks the 49ers can flip the script with more big plays from their offense.”It’s really tough going against our offense, especially when you put the shoulder pads on and it also gets physical,” Ward said. “Let people keep doubting our offense, calling it a gimmick offense or whatever. I love it that our offense isn’t getting the same kind of credit, because those guys are going to be fired up.”The 49ers have plenty of ‘The Flash’ to go along with their substance. Their top scarlet speedsters are their running backs, led by Raheem Mostert and Matt Breida. When Mostert scored on a 36-yard run to open his four-touchdown dominance of the Packers’ run defense in the NFC championship game, he was clocked at 21.87 miles per hour, which is no surprise for a man who ran the 100-meter dash in 10.15 seconds as an actual track star at Purdue.3rd-and-8. Raheem Mostert is off to the races for 36-yard TD.Niners 7, Packers 0.(📹: @nfl)pic.twitter.com/S7BMyoqNiz— Jori Epstein (@JoriEpstein) January 19, 2020Raheem Mostert reached a top speed of 21.87 MPH on this 36-yard TD run, the fastest play by a ball carrier this postseason.#GBvsSF | #GoNiners pic.twitter.com/Qy8mDuH6No— Next Gen Stats (@NextGenStats) January 19, 2020Breida was even faster when he hit an NFL-best top speed of 22.3 miles per hour during his 83-yard touchdown run against the Browns on “Monday Night Football” in Week 5. That’s not shocking, either, give he ran the 40-yard dash in 4.38 seconds when he came out of Georgia Southern.22 to the 🏠!#CLEvsSF pic.twitter.com/T0BYJIDhul— San Francisco 49ers (@49ers) October 8, 2019For Mostert and Breida to burst past the third level of the defense, it requires their taking full advantage of coach Kyle Shanahan’s zone blocking scheme and agile offensive line play. The fact that they get off to the races so well within the framework of the offense makes their fleet feats more impressive.”You can be the fastest guy in the world, you can be Usain Bolt, but you have to turn that into football plays,” Breida said. “We have so many super-fast guys where if you can get them into any kind of open space, it can be a touchdown.”In the backfield, the 49ers also have Tevin Coleman, who can run the 40 in under 4.4 seconds, too. At wide receiver, rookie Deebo Samuel, Emmanuel Sanders and Kendrick Borune all can stretch the field on long when needed, but their real danger comes in how they all explode after the catch. George Kittle, the best tight end in the NFL, is the rare home-run threat at the position. Don’t forget about four-time Pro Bowl fullback Kyle Juszczyk, who burned the Chiefs for a 35-yard TD in the teams’ 2018 meeting.Jimmy Garoppolo can hit the wide-open Fullback, Kyle Juszczyk goes for a TD #Chiefs 14-7 #49erspic.twitter.com/5i9atwHcdl— Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) September 23, 2018″We’ve got fullbacks running deep routes,” Samuel said. “You never know what’s going to happen in our offense. In some way, it’s going to happen.”MORE SUPER BOWL 54:Garoppolo provides best of Brady, MontanaThe 49ers went into the season not knowing how much immediate impact Samuel would have. They also didn’t have Sanders until they acquired him in a midseason trade with the Broncos. Bourne has emerged as the third best option. San Francisco has done well to streamline its speed by discovering the right mix of big-play options.”It’s been kind of a whirlwind, for sure,” 49ers wide receivers coach Wes Welker said of the process. “I was just trying to get every single guy as good as I possibly could, and make them even better, helping them on their journey.”The 49ers’ rare brand of speed also manifests itself in another way, as all their wideouts and of course Kittle explode downfield to help as blockers, too.”If you watch Kyle’s offenses over the years, that’s a non-negotiable. It’s something you really harp on,” Welker said. “Any time you run for 285 yards in a championship game, it’s a total team effort.”MORE: Super Bowl 54 betting preview
MASON CITY — Stricter enforcement of Mason City’s fireworks ordinance will be coming in the future. Currently, people in Mason City are only allowed to detonate fireworks on July 3rd and 4th from 6:00 to 11:00 PM. Police Chief Jeff Brinkley says fireworks complaints were up compared to the last two years. “Complaints we got from the community, both the volume and the tenor of those this year, far outweighed anything that we’ve seen the last two years. And it did sound like a war zone in different parts of town depending on the night. It seemed a little excessive, particularly the duration, especially when we have the 3rd and the 4th set up for that.” Brinkley says warnings were initially issued to those violating the fireworks ordinance with the idea that second offenders would be ticketed. He says he supports ticketing people right away next year. “I think we can come out on a hard line and we can cite everybody that we hold responsible for those starting in June next year, we just start writing them. I think that’s one way to do it. I’ll be honest with you, this year was a little awkward for us in terms of where the national narrative was on policing at the time as we try to build some friends in the community and try to be reasonable. I don’t think verbal warnings are out of line, but I also think going into year three with our ordinance next year, certainly I don’t have any heartburn with writing them from the onset, and certainly the community would support that.” Brinkley says once the word gets out that police are taking a harder stance on fireworks violations, he hopes people will start obeying the law. “I think too that once we start writing them, certainly when that message gets out, I think that might slow it down some. I can’t guarantee it will take care of it all, but at least some. I think we then evaluate the ordinance with that experience and see if we need to make a second offense double the fine, or a third offense triple the fine. There is some possibility for that as well.” Brinkley addressed the fireworks issue during a workshop session of the City Council earlier this week.
Authorities in Jacksonville are reporting that they have captured a suspect wanted in connection with the murder of a man in Pennsylvania.According to the report, officials found Mario Matthew Gatti on a beach in Jacksonville after city officials reopened them to the public for the purpose of exercising this weekend.Investigators say they were making sure everyone was following social distancing practices and other protocols when they found Gatti loitering on the beach. Officials began questioning Gatti and realized that Gatti was wanted for a the fatal shooting of 33-year-old Michael Coover, Jr. in January.He has since been arrested and is currently being held in an area jail.
In Los Angeles, Calif., Sept. 9, 1950, Phyllis Havens, age 15, a Texan – born and bred – arrived from New Jersey. Within hours, David Dillon, age 18, a Jersey boy – born and bred – arrived by train from Texas where he completed his Air Force Basic Training.They met for the first time three weeks later at her grandmother’s home in Glendale, Calif. on Sept. 27, 1950. He was smitten and knew immediately he had met the love of his life. She, however, took a little longer and required some gentle persuasion.Nevertheless, they were married on June 20, 1953 at the March Air Force Base Chapel in Riverside, Calif.It’s been an active, fun-filled marriage with the normal ups and downs. They traveled often, mostly in the good old USA, hitting about 44 of the lower 48 states. As a matter of fact, they are currently motoring through New England.They have had a variety of occupations. Phyllis has been a truant officer, real estate agent, sales representative for Commerce Clearing House, and president and co-founder of Special Artists Management, a successful talent agency. David has had dual careers in the life insurance business and the acting business. He began as an agent for Metropolitan Life, became vice president and manager of the Life and Group Department of John C. Paige & Company of New York City, and was the brokerage manager for Prudential Insurance Company of New York City. As a professional actor, he joined the Screen Actors Guild in 1967 and is now a life-member of SAG-AFTRA.They are the proud parents of Dana Dillon Walling of Brick, Marjorie Dillon Dellecker of Venice, Fla., and David D. Dillon II of Severna Park, Md., and four fantastic grandchildren, Christina L. Walling, Melissa A. Walling, David D. Dillon III, and Erica K. Dillon.Phyllis and Dave have lived in the greater Red Bank area for over 45 years and currently reside in Manchester.
Cádiz and Málaga will dispute this Friday (20.00) the end of I Ramón de Carranza eSports Trophy, where the 22 LaLiga SmartBank teams They have raised funds for two weeks -through GoFundMe- to fight the coronavirus. Through a online competition of the popular FIFA20, Soccer simulator designed by Electronic Arts, Cádiz, host of the tournament, and Málaga will play to win the championship title. The yellows beat Real Oviedo in a very even match between Fali, the winner, and Carlos Hernández.This Thursday the second finalist was confirmed after Malaga’s overwhelming win against Rayo Vallecano (9-1). Iván Jaime, the representative of the Blue and Whites, had no mercy on Martín Pascual in a duel without history. Donations are still received at: https://www.gofundme.com/f/trofeo-carranza.