Finally, The Prosecutor's Office Attends Advocate Didit Wijayanto's Pre-Trial Session

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JAKARTA - The 3rd Pre-Trial Trial which was held on Monday, January 17, was finally attended by the Respondent, namely the Attorney General's Office of the Republic of Indonesia. This pre-trial was carried out at the request of advocate Didit Wijayanto Wijaya, SH (DWW) who was named a suspect and detained by the respondent the Attorney General's Office of the Republic of Indonesia Jampidsus.

When he was named a suspect and detained, DWW was carrying out his profession as an advocate in casu as legal advisor to 7 of his clients who were witnesses in a corruption case that allegedly occurred at the Indonesian Export Financing Agency (LPEI).

"The Prosecutor's Office is a law enforcer, Peradi is also a law enforcer. The communication traffic should be good. Due to the communication bottleneck, we propose this Pretrial," said Antonius Silo, Head of the PPA Division of PERADI's DPN who also acts as Secretary of the DWW Advocates Legal Team, in written statement.

In the previous two trials, the Prosecutor's Office did not attend the trial. Previously, during the 2nd Pre-Trial hearing on January 10, 2022, which was not attended by the Prosecutor's Office, in a separate location, the Prosecutor's Office actually delegated this case from the investigators of the Attorney General's Office to the public prosecutor who was also from the Attorney General's Office.

Deputy Chairperson of the Peradi DPN, Hendrik Jehaman, added that the absence of the Prosecutor's Office in the two pre-trial hearings could be considered discriminatory.

"Clients have been suspended from detention, while their advocates are not. We hope that there will be no discriminatory treatment against advocates, both now and in the future. The face of justice like this must be changed," he said.

"If we, who are advocates, understand the law, are treated arbitrarily by the Public Prosecutor, what about the laymen?" he added.

It is known that the Public Prosecutor's Office has even delegated the main case related to this matter to the court on January 12, 2022 as recorded in SIPP No.1 Pidsus 2022 at the Central Jakarta District Court.

In the 3rd trial today, the Prosecutor's Office has submitted a written answer to the Judge. The judge has also scheduled a series of pre-trial hearings to be passed.

The Pre-Trial Decision is planned to be made on Monday, January 24, 2022 after undergoing the stage of examining evidence and summoning witnesses throughout this week.

"We hope that in this Pre-Trial decision, the request of our colleague Advocate Didit Wijayanto can be granted by the judge. Although from the beginning the Peradi DPN was disappointed with the arbitrary actions of advocates as law enforcers. Pre-Trial has been regulated by procedural law, carried out in the framework of law enforcement. But the Prosecutor's Office who was not present in 2 trials did not show a good legal culture. If the Prosecutor's Office dares to issue a legal product, it should also have the courage to face the pre-trial that has been regulated. This is a bad precedent in enforcement efforts. law in Indonesia," said Antonius Silo.