To Revoke an Examination Guideline for Prosecutors, It Must Have the Prosecution of the Attorney General Permit

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JAKARTA - Attorney General Sanitiar (ST), Burhanudin, revoked Guideline Number 7 of 2020 concerning the Granting of Attorney General's Permit for Summons, Investigations, Searches, Arrests, and Detention of Prosecutors Suspected of Committing Criminal Offenses. The withdrawal of these guidelines is based on the Decree of the Attorney General of the Republic of Indonesia Number 163 of 2020 dated 11 August 2020.

"With consideration. It has created disharmony between the fields of duty. So, the current implementation is deemed inappropriate," said Head of the Center for Legal Information (Kapuspenkum) at the Attorney General's Office, Hari Setiyono, Tuesday, August 11.

Apart from that, the guideline shouldn't have been officially circulated by the Legal Bureau of the Attorney General's Office. So, it is suspected that it was carried out by irresponsible individuals.

"Therefore, there will be an investigation on who distributed it," said Hari.

However, the AGO will review the provisions. It can only be carried out with the permission of the attorney general.

This provision is said to have the potential to cause differences in perception. Therefore, it is necessary to coordinate with related agencies to prevent this from happening.

"It has been a long study. But until now, it still needs further harmonization and synchronization with the Ministry of Law and Human Rights, also related agencies," said Hari.

Guideline Number 7 of 2020 was actually published on Thursday, August 6.  However, the publication was considered to be an odd thing by some people.