Policy Narrative Analyst: Death Penalty for Drug Convicts in Indonesia

Abstract

The death penalty policy for drug convicts is still controversial in Indonesia. The purpose of the article is to analyze the narrative developed by the government on the death penalty policy for drug convicts in Indonesia, analyze various obstacles to the death penalty policy narrative and recommend alternative policy innovation strategies that can be chosen in following up the death penalty policy for drug convicts in the future. The analysis was carried out using the Narrative Policy Analysis (NPA) method at the meso level. Data is sourced from various trusted online news from 2015-2022. Conclusions were obtained: 1) The death penalty policy for drug convicts is carried out as an effort by the state to protect the public from the effects of drug abuse and illicit circulation. 2) The controversy over the implementation of the policy is due to differences in definitions of human rights restrictions and definitions of drug crimes as the most serious crimes and the absence of empirical studies on the effectiveness of the application of the death penalty with drug problems. 3) The need for an empirical study of the effectiveness of the death penalty and a redefinition of human rights restrictions and the most serious crimes punishable by death.