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                                    4Islam, Democracy and Human Rights in Contemporary IndonesiaA lack of coordination among law enforcer institutions has beenidentified to be the main source of the escalated damagingsituation in terms of social, economic and political aspects. Ontop of that, this situation implies to the low rate of the settlementof criminal cases.In addition, the performance of judicial system depends onthe capability of its personnel involved such as judges, publicprosecutors, police, correctional officers and civil servantinvestigators. Recently, some of them are found insufficientcapability and lack of moral integrity, being unable to handlethe current changes etc. Furthermore/the means and theinfrastructures needed for the internationalization of the lawenforcement are still inadequate, thereby affecting the entireachievement of our legal development programs.The Government and Parliament have expressed theirgreater political will to legal reform as one of the top prioritiesin the years to come as indicated in the State Policy Guidelines(GBHN) No. IV/MPR/1999. The Government and Parliamenthave enacted Law No. 25 of 2000 on The National DevelopmentProgram (PROPENAS) 2000 - 2004. It serves as the guidelinesfor the Government in carrying out development including legalreform. In relation to legal development, the PROPENASmandated a comprehensive legal reform strategy, which isfurther elaborated into an annual action plan (REPETA) andstrategic plan made by the respective institutions. The Presidenthas emphasized the need to respect supremacy of law and tocombat corruption as one of her top priorities under herRainbow Cabinet.With respect to the judicial reform in Indonesia, the Government has taken some important steps to return the economic
                                
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