JAKARTA - Attorney General of the Republic of Indonesia Sanitiar Burhanuddin said that narcotics abusers are more appropriate if they get rehabilitation because it is in line with the spirit of the policy of implementing narcotics restorative justice. "The pattern of handling narcotics abusers is more appropriate if they get rehabilitation, not imprisonment. Narcotics restorative justice," said Burhanuddin. He made this statement at a research dissemination event entitled Disparities and Policies for Handling Narcotics Crime Cases in Indonesia which was broadcast on the YouTube channel IJRS TV, monitored from Jakarta, Tuesday 28 June. Burhanuddin explained that the purpose of implementing justice Restorative justice in narcotics cases is to restore the condition of victims of narcotics abuse to their original state. In addition, the application of restorative justice also adheres to the principles of quick, simple, and low-cost justice. in reality, the handling of narcotics abuse cases is still oriented towards imprisonment for narcotics abusers," said Burhanuddin. Therefore, to overcome these problems and as an effort to realize the role of the prosecutor's center as a case controller, the prosecutor's office has issued Prosecutor's Guide Number 11 of 2021 concerning Handling of Narcotics Crime Cases and/or Narcotics Precursor Crimes.
In addition, there is also the Prosecutor's Guide Number 18 of 2021 concerning the Completion of Handling of Criminal Cases of Narcotics Abuse through Rehabilitation with a Restorative Justice Approach as the Implementation of the Dominus Litis Prosecutor Principle. So, it's not just how many narcotics cases have been handed over to the court, but how a prosecutor is able to promote restorative justice in handling narcotics abuse cases," he said. rehabilitated to be cured of drug dependence.
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