JAKARTA: Nearly one hundred children gathered outside the House of Representatives (DPR) building on Tuesday protesting the ongoing deliberation of the Child Protection Bill.
They urged the legislators to revise and upgrade the bill before endorsing it.
The teenaged children wore red Committee for Child Protection (KPA) headbands, held banners and passed out pamphlets.
KPA Coordinator Ramches Merdeka, who spoke on behalf of the children, said the protest was aimed at pressuring the House to improve the quality of the bill.
KPA rejected the current bill because it contradicted the Convention on Childs' Rights that had been ratified by the government in 1996, Ramches said.
The penalties listed in the bill were lighter than those stipulated in the Criminal Code, he said. -- JP
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