Opinions • 03 Jan 2026

Corruption Without Prison: Normalization of Legal Impunity

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Corruption law enforcement in Indonesia has recently presented an anomaly.

Opinions • 29 Dec 2025

Direct Regional Elections vs. DPRD: Assessing the Quality of Local Democracy

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Examining direct and DPRD-based regional elections from the perspective of popular sovereignty, the state's fiscal burden, and the quality of local democracy.

Opinions • 05 Jan 2026

Dissecting the Food Self-Sufficiency Roadmap of the Prabowo-Gibran Administration

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Analyzing Prabowo-Gibran's food self-sufficiency roadmap: from rice and sugar to Free Nutritious Meals for national sovereignty.

Opinions • 29 Dec 2025

Besieged by Regulations: Pseudo Village Autonomy Under State Intervention

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Village autonomy is suppressed by excessive regulations, bureaucratic intervention, and strict supervision that triggers administrative criminalization.

Opinions • 30 Dec 2025

Reverse Criminalization, a Threat to Crime Reporters in Indonesia

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Reverse criminalization threatens crime reporters in Indonesia due to loopholes in criminal procedure law and weak whistleblower protection.

Opinions • 06 Jan 2026

Pseudo-Neutrality: Legal Fiction and Political Co-optation of Bureaucracy

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Analysis of ASN's pseudo-neutrality: dismantling the legal fiction that covers the political co-optation of the bureaucracy. A sharp critique of the state civil service law design.

Opinions • 04 Jan 2026

A Shameless State: Maladministration as a Tort of Power

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A shameless state highlights public maladministration as a normalized tort of power, eroding the dignity of the law, citizens' rights, & the quality of public services

Opinions • 29 Jan 2026

The Sleman Case: When the Victim Becomes a Suspect, Justice is Questioned

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Sleman Case: The victim becomes a suspect, justice is questioned. Mechanistic law enforcement ignores context & conscience. A bad precedent for protection.

Opinions • 27 Jan 2026

Reckless Legislation: Authoritarianism Cloaked in Law

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Reckless legislation reveals procedural authoritarianism, the dominance of oligarchy, and the collapse of democracy in lawmaking.

Opinions • 26 Jan 2026

Corporate Impunity in Environmental Crimes & the Urgency of Ecocide

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Corporate impunity in environmental crimes, failure of law enforcement, and the urgency of ecocide as a reform of environmental criminal law in Indonesia.