JAKARTA - Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) has urged President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) to dismiss ST Burhanudin from his position as Attorney General. ICW researcher Kurnia Ramadhana said this letter was sent to President Jokowi today.
"Today, Friday, October 23, 2020, Indonesia Corruption Watch sent a letter to President Joko Widodo regarding a request to dismiss ST Burhanudin from his position as Attorney General of the Republic of Indonesia," said Kurnia in a written statement.
This request, he continued, was conveyed because the recent performance of the Attorney General's Office has often caused problems, especially regarding the handling of cases involving Joko Tjandra and Pinangki Sirna Malasari or commonly known as Prosecutor Pinangki.
Kurnia then explained that there are at least three important notes that must be considered regarding the performance of the Attorney General's Office in handling this case. First, he said, the AGO has neglected the supervisory function of the Prosecutor's Commission, which has actively sent two summons to prosecutors.
"Second, the AGO seems to want to protect Pinangki Sirna Malasari," said this anti-corruption activist.
He explained that there were at least two incidents that indicated the AGO's desire to protect its members, namely the issuance and revocation of the Attorney General's Guidelines Number 7 of 2020 concerning the Granting of Attorney General's Permits for Summons, Investigations, Searches, Arrests, and Detention of Prosecutors Suspected of Committing Criminal Acts in a short time and the discourse of providing legal assistance from the Attorney General's Office in Pinangki.
The final note, said Kurnia, is that the Attorney General's Office is suspected of not coordinating with the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) at every stage of case handling. "Apart from that, the Attorney General's Office has even been proven to have committed maladministration in the form of procedural deviations and abuse of authority in handling Joko Tjandra," he said referring to the previous findings of the Indonesian Ombudsman.
It is known, some time ago the Ombudsman said there had been maladministration of procedural irregularities and abuse of authority at the Indonesian Police in the form of protracted delays, procedural deviations and abuse of authority regarding the status of Joko Tjandra's wanted list.
Violations are not only found in the two law enforcement institutions, but the Ombudsman also thinks that the Directorate General of Immigration at the Ministry of Law and Human Rights and the South Jakarta District Court are also problematic.
So that, reflecting on these reasons, ICW then assessed that Attorney General ST Burhanudin had failed to carry out his duties.
"The Attorney General's Office under his leadership was actually unable to show professionalism in handling the Pinangki Sirna Malasari case," he concluded.
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