JAKARTA - KPK Chairman Setyo Budiyanto spoke up about the possibility of the 7th President of the Republic of Indonesia Joko Widodo being examined as a witness in the case of alleged corruption in determining quotas and organizing the Hajj at the Ministry of Religion for 2023-2024.
Setyo said that the examination could be carried out if it was necessary in the investigation of the case.
"So this examination is needed when it is needed, then there is relevance to the case, yes, then it is associated that the investigator does need that information to complete it," said Setyo at the Parliament Complex, Senayan, Jakarta, Wednesday, January 28.
"But it doesn't necessarily mean that. It means that everything must have its own study, right," he continued.
According to Setyo, investigators must have a study of the testimony of witnesses, including whether or not to call additional witnesses.
"This witness is actually enough because what is the process of law enforcement is cheap, fast, simple, the principle is like that. Although there are often times when the process is a bit slow, but slow is not because it is intentional, it is because everything is because there are some considerations that are somewhat technical," he said.
When asked whether the KPK would consider summoning Jokowi, Setyo said it was the authority of the investigators.
"Yes, later the investigators will," he concluded.
It is known that Jokowi's name was dragged into the 2024 Hajj quota corruption case after the former Minister of Religion, Yaqut Cholil Qoumas, said that the biological father of Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka received a flow of Hajj quota funds of around Rp. 470 trillion. However, later, Yaqut's statement was not true alias hoax.
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