Immediate Publishing, Indonesia Presidential Decree and Decree on Violence Against Children

JAKARTA - Presidential Decree (Perpres) and Government Regulation in Lieu of Law (Perppu) related to the prevention and suppression of violence and oppression or bullying against children published soon.

Cabinet Secretary, Pramono Agung said, the two regulations were issued in order to avoid the future of children from sexual abuse, physical and psychological.

As for the regulation to be issued in relation to violence or bullying, while perppu gelding related penalties for perpetrators of sexual violence against children.

"The president has agreed to be issued Perppu and regulation," Pramono Agung said after a limited cabinet meeting on the prevention and suppression of acts of violence or bullying against children in the Presidential Office, Jakarta, Wednesday (20/1).

Pramono said the cabinet meeting it was suggested that the term bullying is replaced with abuse or violence. While the Minister of Education and Culture Anis Baswedan revealed that 84 percent of students in Indonesia have experienced violence. Furthermore, he revealed, 75 percent of students admit to violence in schools.

"If you do not do extraordinary steps, never finished," said Anis Baswedan the same opportunity.

Anis added to the front of the school is required to report every incident of violence against students. If the issue of serious crimes, can be reported to law enforcement officials.

Meanwhile, Minister of Human Development and Culture (PMK) Puan Maharani recognizes that violence against children is now increasingly widespread.

"Because the president ordered that immediately issued the regulation regarding the coordination or synergies at all ministries / institutions concerned to be able to act, the first response, then the sanctions and then prevention," said Puan the same opportunity.

He added that the state is present in addressing the issue of violence against children. "From the results of the data or reports, all acts of violence by those closest whether it's family, it can be a father, stepfather, brother, uncle, and even his own cousin who used to be in the environment," said Puan.

While publishing Perppu, he said, shows that the government is very serious to give sanction to the predators or perpetrators of sexual violence against children.

"That this predator should be given sanctions is one of them castrated with chemical drugs, so then there is a deterrent effect for the predator to not re do things like that, there wary effect," said Puan.