Not Yet Receiving A Copy Of The Cassation Decision, The KPK Questions The Additional Sentence Of Edhy Prabowo's Substitution

Former Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Edhy Prabowo (photo: KPK Public Relations)

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) will implement the Supreme Court's cassation decision against former Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Edhy Prabowo.

However, this institution questioned the obligation to pay replacement money that must be done by Edhy. This question arises because the KPK has not yet received a copy of the cassation decision from the Supreme Court.

"Once again, we haven't received a copy of the full verdict," said Acting KPK Spokesperson for Enforcement, Ali Fikri, to reporters quoted on Thursday, March 17.

Ali admitted that his party had been monitoring Edhy Prabowo's cassation decision from a number of reports because he had not yet received the verdict. However, so far, there has been no information regarding the obligation to pay replacement money.

"This is what we have not received information about, is it also the same as the demands from the KPK Prosecutor," he said.

Furthermore, he said that the application of additional penalties in the form of payment of replacement money was actually a step to recover assets.

Moreover, the current KPK policy does not only imprison the perpetrators of corruption but provides a deterrent effect in other ways, such as confiscating assets to confiscating assets.

"It is important for us that the KPK's policy is not only to imprison the perpetrators of corruption and corruptors, but how then asset recovery becomes important, one of which is demands for replacement money, fines and even the confiscation of assets," Ali explained.

"Therefore, of course later we will see in the decision from the Supreme Court regarding the replacement money whether it is also imposed on the convict Edhy Prabowo," he added. Previously, the Supreme Court reduced Edhy Prabowo's sentence from 9 years to 5 years in prison. In its consideration, the cassation panel said the former minister had done a good job.

This decision was approved by the assembly consisting of Sofyan Sitompul, Gazalba Saleh, and Sinintha Yuliansih Sibarani on 7 March.

As for the intention of working well during his tenure, because Edhy revoked the Minister of Marine Affairs and Fisheries Regulation Number 56/PERMEN-KP/2016 dated December 23, 2016 and replaced it with the Minister of Marine Affairs and Fisheries Regulation Number 12/PERMEN-KP/2020 which aims to utilize lobster seeds. .

"That is, they want to empower fishermen and also to cultivate them because lobster in Indonesia is very large. Furthermore, in the Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Regulation Number 12/PERMEN-KP/2020, exporters are required to obtain lobster clear seeds (BBL) from small fishermen who catch BBL," taken from the consideration of the appeal.

"So it is clear that the defendant's actions are for the welfare of the community, especially small fishermen," added the consideration of the cassation panel.