don't people in aceh read the news?!
[V]olunteer civic and social organizations and institutions, united under a coalition known as the National Network of Local Policy Observers, [say] that the central government should annul the [stoning] bylaw — as well as 157 discriminatory bylaws like it throughout Indonesia — because they threatened human rights and degraded people.
One of the stand-outs of the whole KPK crisis has been how effective the Constitutional Court has been in stopping the Police and the President in their tracks.
You will recall that Bibit and Chandra asked the Court to annul the President's PERPPU. This is called "judicial review". Pretty much anyone can ask the Constitutional Court to carry out a judicial review. Right now a bunch of laws rushed through the DPR at the end of the last house session are under review, including the UU ITE.
The Constitutional Court is particularly useful in situations where you don't trust the DPR or the President to do the right thing. The Court is independent from the other branches of government, which means it is supposed to be free from influence.
The Court's decision to throw out the PERPPU demonstrates that the Court is doing its job. So why hasn't anyone talking about asking the Constitutional Court to review the stoning law?
Aceh is a touchy subject. The DPR and the President are wary of doing anything that might be construed as interference in the region's autonomy. We can't count on them to do the right thing. It's up to the people of Aceh and this National Network of Local Policy Observers to use all the available options --- including the Constitutional Court.
