Mahfud MD Criticizes The Prosecutor's Bill: Prosecutor's Examination Is Guilty That The Attorney General's License Does Not Have To Be Permitted

Mahfud MD in the Blok M area, Jakarta, Monday, October 23. (Tsa Tsia-VOI)

JAKARTA - Former Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs (Menko Polhukam) Mahfud MD rejected the addition of the prosecutor's authority through the revision of the Prosecutor's Law (RUU). One of them must have permission from the Attorney General to examine members of the Adhyaksa Corps who are involved in criminal acts.

"There is an idea that if the prosecutor is involved in a criminal act, he should not be directly questioned by the police, the attorney general must have permission. That should not be the case," Mahfud said in the 'Frankly Clear' podcast quoted on Thursday, February 20.

The addition of this clause, continued Mahfud, could make prosecutors more immune to the law. The Prosecutor's Office can also take advantage of this gap to protect problematic members.

"The Attorney General must have permission, it can't be like that, that means there will be a lot of playing there," he said.

Mahfud emphasized that there should be no special treatment for any law enforcement institutions. For example, members of the National Police can be immediately arrested or questioned by the Prosecutor's Office.

This, continued Mahfud, should also be applied to prosecutors involved in criminal acts. "If it is wrong, it must be processed by the police. If the error is a general crime, the police must be the police," he said.

"Even though the prosecutor, yes, it must be processed by the police, please. There is no need to ask the Attorney General's permission, it is excessive. Meanwhile, the prosecutor's office has not seen any guarantee that it will be good in the future," added Mahfud.

Furthermore, Mahfud assessed that the current relationship and authority between law enforcement officers has been going well. This condition made him refuse the addition or takeover of authority from one institution to another.

This is because Mahfud is worried that if this condition occurs, it can make relations between legal institutions disproportionate. Not to mention that there is no guarantee that this revision of the law will make law enforcement better in the future.

"We just have to be proportional. It's a good system that we manage, the relationship between law enforcement institutions, the bad thing is the implementation, don't change it again," he concluded.