A group of senior public figures and scholars have lambasted the political elites for “misleading” the public and “threatening” President Jokowi “Jokowi” Widodo in a bid to block attempts to revoke the new Corruption Eradication Law.

During a meeting at the State Palace last week, the group urged the President to issue a regulation in lieu of law (Perppu) to overwrite the new KPK Law, which they said contained articles that would weaken the antigraft body.