Many Consider The Police To Be One-sided In The Case Of Edy Mulyadi, This Legal Expert Confirms That The Professional Police Have Stopped Complaining About Arteria Dahlan

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JAKARTA - Various groups have linked the case of DPR member Arteria Dahlan's statement with the case of hate speech by social media activist Edy Mulyadi.

Even on social media, the termination of the Arteria Dahlan case was accused of being one-sided by the police which distinguished it from the case of Edy Mulyadi.

However, constitutional law expert Margarito Thursday said that from the start the Arteria case could not be processed legally.

"From the start this could not be processed. It will be the end when a member of the DPR who is at work is punished for his statement which is part of his job," he said in a written statement, Saturday, February 5.

The Doctor of Constitutional Law at Universita Indonesia also said that what Arteria said about the use of the Indonesian language was true. "There is Law 24 of 2009 concerning Language, Flag and State Emblem which stipulates that in official meetings, Indonesian must be used, especially by officials," he said.

Arteria's criticism relates to the use of Sundanese by the West Java Chief of Staff in meetings. In a hearing meeting with the Attorney General at the DPR Building, Arteria asked the Attorney General to remove his subordinate. This case was then crowded and many people urged Arteria to resign from the DPR and be prosecuted.

Another thing, according to Margarito, is that members of the DPR have immunity when carrying out their functions as members of the DPR. "The end of this nation if there are people who are protected by the Constitution and are carrying out their legal obligations must be suspended due to political considerations," said Margarito.

Therefore, according to the former Special Staff of the Minister of State Secretary in 2006-2007, the action of the police to stop the investigation and/or the investigation of the Arteria case was correct in all aspects.

"I appreciate the police's decision as a professional attitude. Good, because it should be so," said the lecturer at Khairun University, Ternate.