Quick blogging. The controversial blasphemy law verdict by the Indonesian Constitutional Court has been published. You can download it here.
What do you think about the verdict?
Have your say.
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For those of you interested in Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM), have a look at a 2007 sylabus for the course at Florida International University here. There are some links to downloadable materials, papers and lecture notes too.
Big Hat Tip to the author of our brotherly blog who send me the link to this free ebook from the FAO. The title of the book is Law for water management: a guide to concepts and effective approaches. If you are a water law aficionado, download freely here (and save it to your hard drive, before the link is broken!)
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It's been decided a few hours ago. The Constitutional Court ruled with one concurring opinion (Harjono) and one dissenting opinion (Maria) that the blasphemy law is here to stay. I do not think that this ruling with outlaw the possibility to submit another judicial review in the future. In the mean time, it might be worth to have a look at the Court's Decision (its not yet online -- will provide a link when it is) and Justice Maria's Dissenting Opinion.
See my recent working paper on the constitutionality of the Indonesian Blasphemy Law at the SSRN.
See related news at Detik (in Bahasa).
We've been talking about FoI Law for quite some time in this blog, but I have yet to provide you with a link to the Indonesian FoI. Click here to see Law 14 Year 2008 on the Openness of Public Information (yep, that's the long name).
Right2info.org provide a compilation of links to world's FoIs. Have a look at it here.
Image via WikipediaThe Indonesian water system is also marked by high system loss, decades of under-investment in the water infrastructure, and a poor regulatory system. Rivera explained that "they are not anchored on cost reflective tariff so... it's very difficult to invite the private sector.
However, he said there is a lot of potential in Indonesia since it has a larger population of 200 million and it is growing faster than the Philippines. Indonesia has an emerging metropolis and its metropolitan areas are much bigger than those in the Philippines.
"The key to sustaining these areas would be water infrastructure," noted Rivera adding that it will take one to two years before a project can start development.
As for cost, it will require investments of $30 million to $50 million if its a bulk water supply project. If it's a distribution project, the cost can be much bigger because there is a need to replace the pipes.
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