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Islam, Democracy and Human Rights in Contemporary Indonesia19further selection before the next general election. In addition,NGOs are playing an increasingly active role in promotingthe interest of various sectors of society.d. The democratic process has permitted Indonesians to speakout against the %u201ccronyism, collusion, and nepotism%u201d (KKN)that helped bring the economy to its knees. PresidentMegawati has pledged to address past corruption and builda more corruption-resident system of Government.In addition to these achievements, we are also in consistentto implement our National Human Rights Five Years Plan ofAction involving 17 different ministries and institutions.In the field of amendment and revision of legislation, anumber of joint efforts under our ministry have been made,such as: (1) Criminal Act, (2) Witness and Victim Protection,(3) Truth Commission and Reconciliation, (4) Act No. 11/1954about Amnesty, Abolition, Rehabilitation, (5) Immigration ActNo. 9/1992, (6) Citizenship Law, and (7) Act No. 31 on Anticorruption. In addition to these concurrent activities under theministry, a number of legislative reviews are currently discussedwith the parliament, including Anti Money Laundering Law,and on top of that the Government of Indonesia has madeendeavors to combat terrorism as seen in: the Penal Code ofIndonesia, Law No. 4 of 1976 on Hijacking and Law No. 12 of1951 relating to Fire Arm. Also, Indonesia has signed theInternational Convention for the Suppression of the Financing ofTerrorism, on September 24, 2001, and as a follow up, at presentwe are working for the preparation in ratifying the convention.In the field of capacity building and professionalismpromotion for the supremacy of law, a number of strategic