INDONESIA
The Jakarta Post-May 26

Indonesia will soon have a new terrorism law. The House of Representatives had been sitting on the legislation for months, but on Friday, barely two weeks after a series of deadly terrorist attacks in the country, they finished their work. It took a crisis to get our representatives off their backsides.

A major point of contention was the role of the Indonesian Military (TNI) in fighting terrorism. Will they have full authority or play second fiddle to the National Police as they do under the current law? The House has settled on the former.

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First published in: The Jakarta Post