Hotman Paris Leaves Peradi, Secretary General: It Means Nothing, It's A Common Thing

Otto Hasibuan's version of Peradi's administrator/Photo: Antara

JAKARTA - The Secretary General of the Peradi DPN led by Otto Hasibuan, Hermansyah Dulaimi, assessed that it was normal for members to leave the organization.

"So if one person leaves, it's only the wish of that one person, and it doesn't mean anything. It's normal," he said in a statement received in Jakarta, Wednesday 18 May.

He said the National Leadership Council of the Indonesian Advocates Association (DPN Peradi) led by Otto Hasibuan gave a response to the news of the release of their member advocate, Handoko Tanoyo, to other organizations.

Hermansyah Dulaimi responded casually to this. He admitted that he was not too worried about the condition, considering that the number of members of Peradi led by General Chair Otto was tens of thousands of advocates and the migration of Handoko did not have any impact.

"Our members number 60 thousand, with 172 DPC (branch leadership boards) and continue to grow rapidly, both the number of membership and the DPC, it's like broken one grows to a thousand," said Hermansyah. Then, he continued, the opposite could also happen, namely advocates who became a member of Peradi led by Otto. He said that once there were advocates who moved to Peradi led by Otto with a larger number, namely 18 advocates of Peradi RBA, who moved to Peradi Otto.

"As also happened between where on September 9 2019, there was a transfer of 18 advocates who previously joined the organization under the leadership of Luhut MP Pangaribuan to Peradi, which is currently under the command of Otto Hasibuan," he said.

Hermansyah emphasized that Handoko's move was a small matter. However, his party questioned why the moment was published to the public. , and this is an unacceptable attitude," he said.

Previously, Hotman Paris Hutapea chose to leave the Indonesian Advocates Association (Peradi) for reasons of disagreement with senior lawyer Otto Hasibuan. Hotman Paris protested the leadership of Otto Hasibuan in Peradi, even bringing up personal matters regarding the satire of showing off wealth on social media.

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