JAKARTA - Former Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) investigator, Yudi Purnomo, stated that the designation of former Minister of Religion Yaqut Cholil Qoumas as a suspect in the alleged corruption in determining quotas and the implementation of the 2023-2024 hajj was weak from the beginning.
This was conveyed by Yudi in response to Yaqut's pretrial hearing at the South Jakarta District Court (PN). One of the weaknesses was that the KPK raised the status of the case from investigation to investigation with a general investigation order (sprindik) without the name of the suspect.
"It's weak (the determination of the suspect Yaqut, ed) because the KPK, from the beginning I said, there should be a suspect first. So, the KPK also ends up determining the suspect, what is the point, working twice," said Yudi when contacted by reporters, Saturday, March 7.
Another gap that Yudi mentioned was the issue of state losses, including the issue of the Hajj quota is a state facility.
"Because until now, we know that it is customary for the state to lose money related to the state budget, the regional budget, and those in BUMN. This will also be tested," he said.
Next, Yudi also highlighted the decline in the state's losses based on the audit of the Financial Audit Agency (BPK).
The anti-corruption commission in the pretrial hearing opened the BPK's findings in this case. It is stated that the state's losses amounted to IDR 622 billion.
Meanwhile, at the beginning, the KPK revealed that the state's losses reached Rp1 trillion. "That's a loophole too," said the former Head of the KPK Employee Fund (WP).
Even so, Yudi did not want to talk much about the course of the pretrial. He just said the decision was entirely in the hands of the judge.
"So again, this is a legal argument that will be tested by the judge. So neither party should be the first to act," he said.
"The Yaqut party may find a loophole because this is a formal yes, we haven't talked about the material of Yaqut's actions. We talk about the formal first. However, the KPK when he takes an action must have an argument from the legal bureau," concluded Yudi.
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