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Nusa Dua,
Bali (ANTARA News) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has stressed the need
for ASEAN member countries to harmonize their legal systems and laws as part of
the process to form an ASEAN community.
Speaking at
the opening of the 11th General Meeting of the Association of ASEAN Laws (ALA)
here Thursday, Yudhoyono said he believed harmonizing the legal systems and
laws would contribute positively to the formation of the ASEAN Community in
2015.
"A
just and effective legal system is one of the foundations for the formation of
the ASEAN Community in 2015," he said.
He said he
did not mean that all members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations
must combine or merge their legal systems.
"That
is not what I mean. But there must be a process of harmonization of the legal
systems," he said.
In
connection with that he said he hoped the ALA could play a role in three main
issues in ASEAN.
"The
first issue is you must provide a framework for learning and analyzing laws in
ASEAN countries with regard to harmonizing them," he said.
He said by
identifying the legal issues of common concern ALA would contribute a lot to
ASEAN members and the region.
Secondly,
he said, ALA must increase the professionalism and integrity of legal
practitioners in member countries including prosecutors, judges, lawyers and
teachers.
"The
association could facilitate exchange of experience and knowledge among
members," he said.
Thirdly, he
said, ALA could expand cooperation and collaboration with all stakeholders.
"You
must cover government institutions, private sector, academics and other parties
concerned," he said adding that inclusiveness could promote public knowledge
of ALA better.
President
Yudhoyono praised ALA that has successfully accommodated legal practitioners in
Souteast Asia harmoniously.
ALA is a
non-governmental organization established in 1979 to accommodate various kinds
of profession linked to law enforcement namely judges, law teachers, legal
practitioners and prosecutors under one roof.
ALA was set
up with an aim of developing joint efforts with regard to understanding
harmonization of laws in the region.
Editor: B
Kunto Wibisono
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