JAKARTA - Coordinating Minister for Legal, Human Rights, Immigration, and Corrections Yusril Ihza Mahendra said the transfer of cases involving former Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes Febrie Adriansyah to the Attorney General's Office could normatively accelerate the law enforcement process.
"There is truth to what the Attorney General's Office has said. From the aspect of legal proceedings, the settlement of cases can indeed be faster if the investigation is carried out by the Attorney General's Office," said Yusril as reported by ANTARA, Monday, July 13.
Yusril explained that in corruption cases, the National Police had the authority to conduct investigations and investigations, while prosecution was the responsibility of the Prosecutor's Office. If the investigation is carried out by the National Police, the case file can be back and forth until it is declared complete by the public prosecutor.
According to him, the process will be more efficient if the Prosecutor's Office handles the investigation and prosecution because both functions are in one institution.
However, Yusril assessed that the main challenge in the case was not only the speed of handling, but also maintaining the independence and objectivity of the legal process.
He assessed that it was reasonable for the public to question the independence of the Attorney General's Office because the suspect was a former Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes.
"The public will certainly ask, don't you worry this will be 'orange eating oranges' because the investigators and public prosecutors who handle the case were once subordinates of the suspect," he said.
Therefore, Yusril asked for public doubts to be answered through a firm, professional, and transparent legal process.
He believes that the Attorney General's Office will maintain the integrity of the institution and ensure that investigators and public prosecutors work carefully, objectively, and in accordance with the law.
According to Yusril, handling the case is an important test for the Attorney General's Office in maintaining its dignity, dignity, and authority as a law enforcement institution.
He added that the Indonesian legal system has provided a monitoring mechanism, including through the supervisory authority of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) and public oversight of the legal process.
The government, he said, supports the involvement of the media, the House of Representatives, the public, anti-corruption activists, and academics to monitor and criticize the investigation and prosecution process so that the law is enforced objectively.
"As a result, the law is really enforced objectively, without being influenced by considerations outside the law," said Yusril.
Previously, the former Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes, Febrie Adriansyah, was named a suspect in the alleged corruption case in coal management which triggered the power outage in Sumatra.
Meanwhile, the Deputy Attorney General for Supervision, who is also the Acting Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes, Rudi Margono, emphasized that the Attorney General's Office would handle the case professionally by upholding the principle of presumption of innocence.
"Synergism to ensure that the handling of this case is truly professional, upholds the principle of presumption of innocence, so that there is certainty in its completion," said Rudi in a press conference in Jakarta, Saturday (11/7).
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