Coordinating Minister Yusril: Governor Of South Sulawesi Must Reactivate 2 Lutra Teachers

Coordinating Minister for Law, Human Rights, Immigration, and Correction Yusril Ihza Mahendra when giving information / ANTARA / Agatha Olivia Victoria / aa.

JAKARTA - Coordinating Minister for Law, Human Rights, Immigration, and Correction Yusril Ihza Mahendra emphasized that the Governor of South Sulawesi must reactivate two teachers of the state civil apparatus (ASN) in North Luwu after the granting of rehabilitation by President Prabowo Subianto.

Yusril said the rehabilitation given by the President to the two teachers, namely Abdul Muis and Rasnal, was a legal and constitutional action in accordance with the authority of the president as stipulated in Article 14 of the 1945 Constitution (UUD).

"With the issuance of a presidential decree regarding the rehabilitation, dignity of the two teachers, it must be restored as before a decision has been handed down to them," Yusril said at a press conference in Jakarta, Thursday, November 13.

Yusril explained that before signing the Rehabilitation Presidential Decree, the President had asked the Supreme Court (MA) for consideration. The Supreme Court has given considerations as requested and has been referred to in the consideration of considering the presidential decree regarding rehabilitation.

Furthermore, he said that the dishonorable dismissal (PDTH) of the two teachers was not an additional punishment imposed in the Supreme Court's cassation decision, but an administrative consequence of the provisions in the ASN Law.

In the regulation, it requires the dismissal of ASN who are found guilty of committing a criminal act based on a court decision that has permanent legal force.

Therefore, according to the Coordinating Minister, the actions of the Governor of South Sulawesi to dismiss them at that time were the implementation of legal norms as regulated in the ASN Law.

However, after the President gave rehabilitation, he continued, the legal status of the two must be returned to their original state.

"With rehabilitation, the Governor of South Sulawesi is obliged to reactivate the two ASNs to their original positions because the recovery of good names automatically restores the position of employment status," he said.

On the other hand, Yusril emphasized that rehabilitation does not cancel the criminal decision. The Supreme Court's decision remains valid, but rehabilitation provides a restoration of honor and social status to a person of his original state.

Yusril emphasized that the Supreme Court does not need to retrial the case because rehabilitation is different from Review (PK).

If the PK is proposed, he said, then the Supreme Court is obliged to retrial the previously decided case, so that rehabilitation only restores the good name without changing the decision.

Previously, two teachers of SMAN 1 Masamba in North Luwu, namely Abdul Muis and Rasnal, were fired as ASN teachers by the Governor of South Sulawesi, respectively on October 4, 2025 and August 21, 2025.

Both were sentenced to dismissal in the aftermath of collecting contributions of Rp. 20,000 from parents in 2018. The proceeds collected were given to honorary teachers who were late in receiving salaries of up to 10 months.

Tak hanya dikenakan sanksi pemecatan, Abdul Muis dan Rasnal juga dilaporkan oleh Lembaga Swadaya Masyarakat (NGO) ke polisi atas dugaan tindak pidana korupsi. Kasus itu berjalan hingga tingkassi dan MA memutuskan keduanya bersalah sehingga dihukum 1 tahun.

The case then became the public spotlight, because the actions of Abdul Muis and Rasnal according to many people were actually considered meritorious for honorary teachers.