Indonesia may reinstate ban on death penalty

‘Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo says his government would restore a moratorium on the death penalty, if the public in the South East Asian country approves the measure.
“Why not? But I must ask my people. If my people say OK, they say yes, I will start to prepare,” Widodo said Monday in response to questions regarding the softening of government’s approach to capital punishment for some drug-related offences.
For the past year, Indonesia’s parliament has been discussing a moratorium on death penalty and its eventual abolishing, although a final decision would depend on a clear public support in the Muslim-majority country where people are deeply concerned about high levels of addiction.’
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