Hasto's Attorney Values Prosecutors' Demands Contain Imagination And Hate

JAKARTA - The attorney for the Secretary-General of the PDIP, Hasto Kristiyanto, Patra M. Zen stated that the demands read by the Public Prosecutor (JPU) were not based on strong law. Because, only based on assumptions and imagination.

In the case of alleged bribery in the management of the replacement between the time (PAW) of the DPR for the 2019-2024 period and the obstruction of the investigation of Harun Masiku, the prosecutor is known to have sentenced Hasto Kristiyanto to 7 years in prison.

"Listen, we have witnessed the reading of the demands from the Public Prosecutor. What can be conveyed is that today's demands by the public prosecutor are demands based on imagination, assumptions, and hateful demands," Patra said after the trial of reading the charges at the Jakarta Corruption Court, Thursday, July 3.

In addition, the case was tried and signed in 2020. Therefore, it is difficult for the prosecutor to prove all the criminal elements charged.

"Plogically it doesn't make sense. What does it mean? Does it make sense for a secretary general to bail out money for a candidate? Does it make sense? Has there been a party secretary-general through the money? It doesn't make sense logically," he said.

Due to difficulties in proving the alleged bribery, the prosecutor included Article 21 of the Corruption Crime Law (Tipikor) regarding the obstruction of the investigation.

"Because it is difficult to prove the bribery case, it is included in Article 21. The obstruction of the investigation, he said," he said.

However, Patra said, based on the facts of the trial, the alleged obstruction of the investigation was also not proven. This is because the case involving Hasto Kristiyanto has entered the judicial stage.

Thus, there is no obstruction to the investigation process that occurred during the handling by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK).

"If we want to see what the obstruction of the investigation is, today we are upright, that's because the investigation is running. That's because of what? The file reached the court. That's because of what? Because the trial was successful, it went smoothly," he said.

"The question is to your mother, which one hinders the trial? Which one hinders the prosecution? What else hinders the investigation?" continued Patra.

Not only that, Patra also highlighted the prosecutor's demands asking the panel of judges to provide facts on the trial. According to him, with this, there is hope for the panel of judges to decide fairly.

"The public prosecutor asked the Panel of Judges to put aside all the facts of the trial. The public prosecutor asked the public to close their eyes with the facts of the trial. If so, we hope that one more test will be with the Panel of Judges. The decision is always conveyed for justice based on the One Godhead," said Patra.

In this case, Hasto was charged by the Public Prosecutor (JPU) with 7 years in prison. In addition, the prosecutor also charged Hasto Kristiyanto with a fine of Rp. 600 million. If it is not paid, it will be replaced with a prison sentence of 6 months.

"The defendant Hasto Kristiyanto was sentenced to 7 years in prison," said Prosecutor Wawan Yunarwanto.

Meanwhile, Hasto was jointly charged with advocate Donny Tri Istiqomah, former PDIP cadre Saeful Bahri, and Harun Masiku were charged with giving bribes of Rp 600 million to Wahyu Setiawan (KPU commissioner) in the 2019-2020 period.

This bribe is so that Wahyu seeks the KPU to approve the application of PAW for the South Sumatra Election Candidate (Sumsel) I on behalf of DPR members for the 2019-2024 period Riezky Aprilia to Harun Masiku.

Hasto was also charged with obstructing the investigation by ordering Harun, through the Aspiration House guard, Nur Hasan, to submerge Harun's cell phone into the water after the KPK OTT incident against Wahyu Setiawan.

Not only Harun Masiku's cellphone, Hasto is also said to have ordered his aide, Kusnadi, to drown his cell phone in anticipation of forced attempts by KPK investigators.

Hasto was charged with Article 21 and Article 5 paragraph (1) letter a or Article 13 of Law (UU) Number 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption as amended and supplemented by Law Number 20 of 2001 in conjunction with Article 65 paragraph (1) and Article 55 paragraph (1) 1 in conjunction with Article 64 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code.