Public Sense of Justice in Focus in Ex-Jampidsus Case

JAKARTA - A number of academics, legal observers, and student organizations have highlighted the handling of alleged corruption cases involving the former Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes (Jampidsus). They assessed that the legal process must be carried out transparently, professionally, and without special treatment in order to maintain public justice and public confidence in law enforcement institutions.

This view emerged in a discussion entitled "The Rule of Law or the Privilege of Law? Testing Public Justice in Handling the Case of the Former Jampidsus" which was held in Central Jakarta, Monday, July 27.

Legal observer M. Saleh Gawi assessed that there were a number of aspects in handling the case that still needed explanation to the public. According to him, public attention is directed to the evidence in the form of money and gold found by investigators, information regarding the authenticity of the evidence, the issue of closed meetings related to the handling of the case, the transfer of case handling from the National Police to the Prosecutor's Office, the change in the legal status of the former Jampidsus, to the detention process which is considered different from other corruption cases.

"Based on these six things, I assess that public justice in this case is disturbed and needs to be answered openly," said Saleh.

Meanwhile, the Chairman of the Indonesian Law Students Association (Permahi) East Jakarta, Rein Lailossa, assessed that cases involving law enforcement officers have a major impact on public confidence. Therefore, according to him, the investigation process must be carried out independently, transparently, and professionally.

"This case involving the former Jampidsus needs to continue to be monitored by the public so that the legal process runs independently, transparently, and professionally," said Rein.

He added that openness of information in every stage of handling cases is an important factor to maintain public confidence in law enforcement officers. Rein also invited the public to monitor the completion of cases, including the team handling the case.

The same thing was conveyed by the Political Science Lecturer at the National University (Unas), Firdaus Syam. He reminded law enforcement officials to handle cases professionally, accountable, and in accordance with applicable laws.

"The public is watching the process of handling this case. Therefore, law enforcement officers must ensure that all stages run according to applicable regulations," he said.

Firdaus considers supervision from academics, legal practitioners, students, civil society organizations, and the general public to be an important part of the control mechanism for the exercise of power. According to him, supervision is needed to prevent abuse of authority, especially in cases that receive great public attention.

He hopes that the handling of the alleged corruption case involving the former Jampidsus can be completed thoroughly, professionally, and fairly so that it can strengthen public confidence in law enforcement institutions.

The discussion also featured academics from the Faculty of Law at Bina Nusantara University, Muhammad Reza Syarifuddin Zaki, legal practitioners M. Kapitra Ampera, legal observer M. Saleh Gawi, academics at Firdaus Syam National University, and Chairman of the East Jakarta Permahi DPC Rein Lailossa.

The activity was attended by students, researchers, legal practitioners, youth organizations, and the general public.