Justitia Avila Veda
Abstrak :
[ABSTRAK
Ketentuan mengenai penghinaan terhadap Presiden dan Wakil Presiden diatur dalam pasal 134, 136bis, dan pasal 137 KUHP. Pasal ini muncul sebagai adopsi dari pasal penghinaan terhadap Raja dan Ratu Belanda yang turut diberlakukan di Indonesia pada era sebelum kemerdekaan berdasarkan asas konkordansi. Setelah kemerdekaan, ketentuan tersebut dipertahankan namun dengan penyesuaian berupa perubahan pada frasa "Raja" dan "Ratu" menjadi "Presiden" dan "Wakil Presiden". Sejak periode rezim pemerintahan Soeharto, ketentuan tersebut, khususnya pasal 134 KUHP banyak digunakan untuk mengkriminalisasi ungkapan, tulisan, atau perbuatan yang dinilai mencemarkan nama baik Presiden dan Wakil Presiden. Ketiadaan parameter untuk mengidentifikasi rasa keterhinaan menyebabkan unsur menghina dimaknai secara kabur oleh para hakim yang mengacu pada politik hukum pidana masing-masing rezim tanpa mempertimbangkan situasi kebatinan yang ada. Adanya potensi kelenturan pemaknaan pasal yang bisa melanggar kebebasan berekspresi mendorong adanya pencabutan pasal penghinaan terhadap Presiden dan Wakil Presiden oleh Mahkamah Konstitusi. Skripsi ini berusaha membuktikan kecenderungan pemaknaan pasal 134 KUHP secara luas melalui analisis terhadap putusan pengadilan, ditunjang dengan dokumen-dokumen sejarah yang ada, di samping membandingkan keberadaan ketentuan tersebut dengan ketentuan serupa di beberapa negara lain.
ABSTRACT
;Defamation towards President and Vice President of Republic of
Indonesia is regulated in Article 134, 136bis, and article 137 Indonesian Penal
Code. These articles were adopted from the originals regulating defamation
towards King and Queen of Dutch Monarch, which was enforced in Indonesia in
pre-independence period upon concordance basis. After the independence, those
articles were maintained after getting through a conformation?replacement of
?King? and ?Queen? phrases with ?President? and ?Vice President?. Since the
Soeharto era, those articles, especially article 134, were regularly used to
criminalize oral or written expression, and also dissent behavior which were
valued as insulting and jeopardizing the image of President or Vice President. The
absence of parameter to identify the feeling of being insulted caused the obscure
interpretation of the ?defaming? aspect in article 134. The judges gave the
interpretation in the compliance with the politics of criminal law of each regime,
neglecting the ongoing social situation. The possibility of interpreting the law
widely could result on the abuse of freedom of expression, and according to it,
Constitutional Court of Republic of Indonesia decided those existing laws on
defamation towards President and Vice President were void. This thesis aims to
prove the flexibility in interpreting the law, through analyzing court decisions
supported with studies on historical documents regarding defamation towards the
head of the State. This thesis also compared the law of defamation, especially
defamation towards the President and Vice President in Indonesia with other countries., Defamation towards President and Vice President of Republic of
Indonesia is regulated in Article 134, 136bis, and article 137 Indonesian Penal
Code. These articles were adopted from the originals regulating defamation
towards King and Queen of Dutch Monarch, which was enforced in Indonesia in
pre-independence period upon concordance basis. After the independence, those
articles were maintained after getting through a conformation?replacement of
?King? and ?Queen? phrases with ?President? and ?Vice President?. Since the
Soeharto era, those articles, especially article 134, were regularly used to
criminalize oral or written expression, and also dissent behavior which were
valued as insulting and jeopardizing the image of President or Vice President. The
absence of parameter to identify the feeling of being insulted caused the obscure
interpretation of the ?defaming? aspect in article 134. The judges gave the
interpretation in the compliance with the politics of criminal law of each regime,
neglecting the ongoing social situation. The possibility of interpreting the law
widely could result on the abuse of freedom of expression, and according to it,
Constitutional Court of Republic of Indonesia decided those existing laws on
defamation towards President and Vice President were void. This thesis aims to
prove the flexibility in interpreting the law, through analyzing court decisions
supported with studies on historical documents regarding defamation towards the
head of the State. This thesis also compared the law of defamation, especially
defamation towards the President and Vice President in Indonesia with other countries.]
2015
S60722
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