Jakarta, June 26 -- Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Bima Arya Sugiarto said the proposed Bill on Archipelagic Regions should be harmonized with existing laws and regulations to prevent overlapping authorities and legal inconsistencies.

He said such alignment is essential to ensure that the new legislation strengthens the development of Indonesia's archipelagic regions without creating jurisdictional conflicts or contradicting the country's legal framework.

"The government believes it is necessary to harmonize the academic paper submitted by the Regional Representative Council (DPD) to avoid provisions that may conflict with international law and the constitutional system of the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia," Sugiarto said ...