Under the new law, the minimum age for marriage for Indonesian girls will be 19 years
Jakarta … News Time
Indonesia, the largest Muslim population in the world, passed a new law for girls’ marriage on September 18 this month. Under the new law, the minimum age for marriage for Indonesian girls will be 19 years, earlier; this was 16 years old, however, if parents and daughters were happy, they could get married before 16 years. The new law on increasing the marriage age of girls was praised by social organizations and women’s rights organizations, and hoped that the new law would prevent under-age marriages. Indonesia is going to pass a new law soon after the new marriage law is adopted and social organizations are criticizing this new law.
Indonesian political parties and government members agree to amend the law, according to Reuter’s news agency and it will be tabled in the Assembly soon to pass a new legislative bill. New criminal law bill promotes sexual relations between boys and girls before marriage, It has been proposed to impose sanctions and fines on the offending president and vice-president of the country, including forging an unmarried marriage and prohibiting homosexuality after marriage. In addition, the new amendment bill proposes penalties and penalties for blasphemy. And human rights organizations fear that the new law will be used as revenge politics. Most social organizations believe the new legal bill will pass the assembly next week, according to Reuters because all of Indonesia’s major political parties have agreed with the government to draft the bill.
The government has also approved the draft of the new bill in the Assembly and it is likely that the new bill will be approved by the assembly on September 24. If the bill is passed, men and women who have had sex without marriage in Indonesia will be sentenced to six months imprisonment and a fine or both. Under the law, no family member will be required to have sex without marriage. On the contrary, any respected person in the locality or village can complain against the couple and only on the complaint of the respected person can the action be taken against the couple. Similarly, after passing the bill, men and women who have committed sexual intercourse after marriage will be sentenced to one year imprisonment. However, action will be taken against those who have complained to the police.
The new bill also stipulates harsh sentences against homosexuality; homosexuality is already banned in Indonesia, and action against those who do so. New drafted drafts suggest penalties and penalties against those who offend the country’s president and vice president.Under the new bill, penalties for blasphemy have also been proposed. According to most human rights organizations, the new law will remove 100-year-old laws from Indonesia but there are concerns that the new law will be used as a political revenge. Human rights organizations suggest blasphemy, humiliation of the president, homosexuality and premarital sex he reacted strongly to the punishments and demanded the government to re-examine them.
