The Prosecutor's Office Is Targeted To Investigate Corruption Cases For Assessment, DPR: Very Prone To Criminalization

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JAKARTA - Member of Commission III of the DPR RI Didik Mukrianto spoke about improving the performance of handling corruption cases given by Attorney General Sanitiar Burhanuddin to the Prosecutor. Didik warned that performance should not be misinterpreted by determining targets that are not in accordance with the facts, events, and legal acts including criminal acts. "This will be very vulnerable to potentially becoming a criminalization tool. Law enforcement must be carried out on an independent, transparent, fair and accountable basis. It should not be selective and indiscriminate, it should not be based on taste and subjectivity, it must be implicit and accountable," said Didik when contacted in Jakarta, Tuesday, August 22. Didik emphasized that law enforcement should not violate the law and intentionally commit criminalization to anyone. Moreover, using law as a tool and means of revenge against innocent people. There is no need for a target for handling corruption cases. "Law enforcement should not violate the law and intentionally commit criminalization to anyone, using law as a tool and means of revenge, especially to those who are innocent. No need to be targeted. Law enforcement officials should be able to enforce law enforcement until it is complete. The fact is still a large number of corruption in our country, is it not evidence for the lack of optimal enforcement of law eradication of corruption, including the prosecutor's obligation?" said Didik. Previously, Attorney General Sanitiar Burhanuddin asked his staff Attorney General's Office and the Prosecutor's Office to improve performance in handling corruption. This was conveyed by the Head of the Center for Legal Information at the Attorney General's Office Ketut Sumedana during a working visit in Padang City, West Sumatra, last August. Kejati and Kejati should have a target number of case handling in a year. The details, at least three cases for radius and five cases for hajati. "This target will be the material of a year-end evaluation of the performance of the radiative and hajati leaders throughout Indonesia, so it must be taken into account," said Ketut Sumedana.

Sumedana said the target for handling corruption cases was given due to the imbalance in the number of handling corruption cases in the regions compared to the central government. "Therefore, prosecutors in the regions are asked to improve performance. There must be performance and cases handled purely by the prosecutor's office and the Prosecutor's Office since the investigation stage," explained Sumedana.