Prabowo and the US Capitalist Reciprocal Tariff Policy
The Panel of Judges also seems to need to indict President Prabowo, because trade off between Indonesia and the United States regarding trade tariff policies is very detrimental to Indonesia. In terms of tariffs, they have indeed decreased from the previous 34% to 19%, but there is a high price to be paid by the Government, including an agreement to apply a 0% tariff to US goods entering Indonesia, which will broadly result in the competitiveness of US product prices against Indonesian products, which is certainly dangerous for domestic producers. This policy also broadly illustrates that the Pancasila economy does not apply in Indonesia, which is very contradictory to the verdict that aggravated Tom's indictment, namely being pro-capitalist economy and contrary to the Pancasila economy. Meanwhile, state policy actually applies in this way.
Of course, there needs to be a thorough legal correction to the verdict or indictment against Tom Lembong, not only to the final result, but also to the process and the Judge who handled the case, because it raises big questions and without wise consideration in making the verdict. Law should be present not only as a tool of punishment, but as a tool to obtain justice. In a country, the executive and legislative branches may be corrupt, but the judiciary must not be, because the judiciary is the last resort for the people to seek justice. If in a country, the law cannot be the supreme commander, then in reality the law is dead and what is being shown is just a comedy show.
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