The purpose of this study is to find out the feasibility of settlement of penal to
journalists by those who feel aggrieved or defamed is an effort that has been
appropriately associated with press independence in Law No. 40 of 1999 on the
Prevailing Press in Indonesia. In normative legal research, data collection tools
used through tracing and/or literature studies in order to obtain the necessary
secondary data include: Primary legal material consisting of several provisions of
legislation and positive laws related to the subject matter. Secondary legal
material is legal material that describes primary legal materials, in the form of
research results and opinions of experts, papers, articles, journals, and the
internet. The results of the study showed that the settlement by means of penal to
journalists for alleged defamation by parties who feel aggrieved or defamed is an
effort that is a good effort.