The House Should Support The Death Penalty for Drug Supplier

            Since death penalty is the highest punishment that governments gave to the criminals, it is became the alternative to reduce the grown crime. One example of grown criminals is drug. States believe that the death penalty is an effective deterness (Tom Head 2012). People may think that the death penalty is unfair because it is revoke individual life which becomes a part of human rights or because the death penalty is not effective way because criminal subject can still has chance to repent their mistakes and become a better person. But, this weak opinion absolutely wrong and cannot be reasons why people should banned the death penalty for drug supplier. Moreover, H.M Prasetyo as high public prosecutor said that especially for Indonesia, nowadays, become a country which is include to the crisis situation of drug. That’s why there are some strong reasons for the house to support the death penalty of drug supplier in Indonesia.

            Firstly, by giving death penalty is not revoke drug criminal individual life of human right. As a common reason to ban death penalty, criminal may say that death penalty is not giving any chance to have their further life. But this reason was rejected by Constitution Court of Law judgment which decided on October 30 2007. Constitution Court of Law did some experiments of death penalty in Narcotics law and finally stated if death penalty in Narcotics law do not revoke any individual life which is said in UUD 45 about individual life right. The Constitution Court of Law stated because the collateral of human right on UUD 1945 was not included to absolute base. The human right should use as equipments to keep the stability of country and also to appreciate social human right. So that it’s better to kill a drug criminal than let a drug criminal free and give a chance to kill thousand Indonesia young generations by distributing and selling drugs.

            Secondly, death penalty will not effect to international bilateral relationship between Indonesia and relevant country. This is not the first time Indonesia did death penalty policy. Among 10 years latest, there are 33 cases of death penalty which Indonesia gave to criminals, 16 of them are foreign which come from Australia, Brazil, Nigeria, Malaysia, Netherland, Vietnam, Pakistan, India, and Thailand (Badan Pekerja Kontras 2007). This fact shows that the death penalty policy in Indonesia has already exist before Balinine case on 2015. From the beginning of realization, the death penalty policy didn’t give any big impact to international bilateral relationship as long as others sectors of bilateral relationship still run well. For instance is bilateral relationship between some country at Europe such as England, and Swiss.

            Thridly, death penalty is the impact when people break Indonesia law which cannot be compromise especially for drug cases (UndangUndang 1945, Konvensi PBB 1960 tentang Narkotuika dan Konvensi PBB 1988 tentang Pemberantasan Peredaran Gelap Narkotika dan Psikotropika, Pasal 3 Universal Declaration of Human Rights, UU HAM, UU Narkotika and Pasal 6 ayat 2 ICCPR stand for International Conference of Civil and Pilitics Relationship). There are many laws or rule people have to do for being good citizen, especially for foreign which comes from other country. Such as law of having good habit as citizen or foreigner among travel to Indonesia, law of obey every rules that Indonesian government made without any exceptions, and law to not break the rule with any reasons. One of the important laws is being drug distributor. Being drug distributor cannot be compromise with any reasons that criminal gave. The highest punishment of it is death penalty. For instance, Balinine cases on 2015. Criminals have already known about the Indonesia rules and the effect that they will get, but still they did their crime. Now, when they jailed by Indonesian government and given death penalty as a “gift” for them, they tried to look for help whether it come from International Human Right Association or their origin country. Everything is too late. Indonesia gave penalty in the name of sovereignty and no one can change it.

            Indonesia does not give death penalty without any reasons. Not only Indonesia, but also other country will do the best to keep the stability of their country whether it is from inside or outside. There are at least three reasons why the Indonesia government gave death penalty as a result. It is because death penalty is not taking drug criminal individual life of human right; death penalty will not effect to international bilateral relationship between Indonesia and relevant country; and in the name of sovereignty death penalty given as the impact when people break Indonesia law which cannot be compromise especially for drug cases. As long as for keeping their citizen from bad impact of everything that can be happened, the Indonesia government will always do the best for solve it.

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            Azalia Illahi Hidayat Putri

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