Indonesia
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- presidential republic
- CONSTITUTION
- August 1945, repealed in 1949, reintroduced on July 5, 1959, and amended several times, the last in 2002
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on Roman-Dutch law, modified by traditional elements and new criminal procedure rules
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- The People's Consultative Assembly (Majelis Permusyawaratan Rakyat or MPR) is the upper house; it has the role of appointing and impeaching the president and amending the constitution but does not deal with national politics; the House of Representatives (Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat or DPR); the Regional Representatives Council (Dewan Perwakilan Daerah or DPD) whose constitutional mandate is to provide legislative input to the DPR on regional issues.
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court, judges appointed by the President; Constitutional Court, Labor Court
RELIGIONS
87% Muslims; 9% Christians; 2% Hindus; 1% Buddhists
From the country
- AUGUST 11, 2004IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
the European Union expressed dismay at Indonesia's first execution...
the European Union expressed dismay at Indonesia's first execution...
- AUGUST 7, 2004IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
National Mandate Party (PAN) leader Amien Rais said...
National Mandate Party (PAN) leader Amien Rais said he agreed with the Indonesian government's recent decision to carry out the execution of Indian national Ayodya Prasad Chaubery who had been sentenced to death for a major drug offence
- AUGUST 6, 2004IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Indonesia said it would continue to carry out the death...
Indonesia said it would continue to carry out the death penalty against convicted drugs traffickers despite international protests over the execution of an Indian heroin smuggler earlier in the week
- AUGUST 6, 2004IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Having learnt that the Indonesian authorities intended...
Having learnt that the Indonesian authorities intended to carry out an execution and that the execution was imminent, the Dutch EU Presidency noted in a declaration that, by so doing, Indonesia would be putting an end to the de facto moratorium on the dea
- AUGUST 5, 2004IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Indonesia executed Indian national Ayodhya Prasad Chaubey...
Indonesia executed Indian national Ayodhya Prasad Chaubey arrested in 1994 for drug smuggling, carrying out its first execution in three years
- JULY 23, 2004IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Indonesia's constitutional court upheld an appeal which...
Indonesia's constitutional court upheld an appeal which could throw all trials of convicted Bali bombers into doubt
- JULY 21, 2004IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
An Indonesian court on sentenced Seck Osmane, a Senegalese...
An Indonesian court on sentenced Seck Osmane, a Senegalese man, to death for heroin trafficking
- JULY 14, 2004IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Human rights campaigners said that the Indonesian policy...
Human rights campaigners said that the Indonesian policy of upholding the death sentence for drug traffickers was politically motivated in a bid to defend the corrupt legal system that failed to stop trafficking in the first place
- JULY 13, 2004IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
The Indian embassy asked Indonesian authorities to...
The Indian embassy asked Indonesian authorities to spare the life of Ayodhya Prasad Chaubey, an Indian national who was facing a firing squad for drug trafficking
- JULY 12, 2004IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Human rights campaigners reiterated their call for...
Human rights campaigners reiterated their call for an end to the death penalty, which they said had proven ineffective in deterring drug dealers and was against the basic human right to live
- JULY 8, 2004IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Indonesian President Megawati Soekarnoputri rejected...
Indonesian President Megawati Soekarnoputri rejected appeals for clemency made by seven drug traffickers who had been sentenced to death
- JULY 7, 2004IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Indonesian prosecutors sought the death sentence for...
Indonesian prosecutors sought the death sentence for a Kenyan man charged with attempting to smuggle more than one kilogram of heroin into the country