Police-Judges Can't Get OTT, ICW: Arteria Dahlan's Logic Of Thinking Is Crooked

PDIP politician Arteria Dahlan (Photo: DOC ANTARA)

JAKARTA - Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) researcher Kurnia Ramadhana said that the logic of thinking of the member of Commission III of the DPR RI, the PDI-P faction, Arteria Dahlan, was confusing.

Not only that, but he is also considered not to have a strong argument after mentioning law enforcement officers such as police, prosecutors, and judges should not be the object of a hand arrest operation (OTT).

"ICW saw that there was something crooked in the logic of Arteria Dahlan's thinking regarding the OTT of law enforcement officers," said Kurnia when contacted by VOI, Friday, November 19.

ICW assessed that Arteria did not understand the basic philosophy of equality before the law, which means that everyone is equal in the eyes of the law. In addition, Kurnia also asked Arteria to carefully read Article 1 paragraph 19 of the Criminal Procedure Code because the rules regarding silent operations are detailed there and are legal to do.

Furthermore, he also admitted that he did not understand the reason why Arteria said that OTT often made noise. The reason, Kurnia said, was that the actual commotion was not caused by the operation but because of external factors.

"For example, the behavior of certain suspects or groups who try to disrupt or hinder law enforcement," he said.

Kurnia also conveyed the same thing in response to Arteria's statement that OTT tends to raise issues of criminalization and politicization. According to him, allegations of this kind are often expressed by other parties, including politicians.

Finally, this statement is also considered because Arteria does not understand the main thing that must be the focus of taking action against corruption cases, namely the cleanliness of law enforcement officers. "One concrete example can refer to the history of the establishment of the Hong Kong KPK or ICAC," said Kurnia.

"There, eradicating corruption starts with cleaning up the police by taking action against corrupt individuals. That way, law enforcement can be free from corrupt practices and public trust will gradually increase," added the anti-corruption activist.

Even so, Kurnia admitted that she was not surprised by what Arteria said. Moreover, since the first, he has never shown partiality to the issue of corruption.

"ICW is no longer surprised to hear Arteria Dahlan's statement regarding this matter. Because from the past he has never shown partiality to the issue of eradicating corruption," he said.

As previously reported, Arteria Dahlan said that the police, judges, and prosecutors should not be the object of the silent operations that are often carried out. He expressed this opinion while filling an online discussion on Thursday, November 18 yesterday.

"In the future, in Commission III, we are also initiating. Personally, I believe that the police, judges, prosecutors should not be OTT. Not because we are pro-corruptors but because they are symbols of the state in the field of law," said Arteria.

He said that there are actually many ways to take legal action against corrupt behavior other than OTT. Moreover, this kind of operation often leads to accusations of criminalization and politicization.

"Even though we have great resources for the police, prosecutors, judges, law enforcers. Really, the capital is only OTT, not by building legal construction that is more usable, challenged by all parties, so that fairness is more visible," he concluded.