Prof. Eddy Hiariej, Deputy Minister Of Law And Human Rights Who Accompanied Jokowi During The Presidential Election Dispute And Expert At The Ahok-Jessica 'Sianida' Session

Edward Omar Sharif Hiariej or familiarly called Prof. Eddy Hiariej / right (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - Edward Omar Sharif Hiariej or familiarly called Prof. Eddy Hiariej now has a new assignment as deputy minister of law and human rights. Prof. Eddy is a professor of criminal law at Gadjah Mada University.

The man who is familiarly called Eddy Hiariej was appointed Deputy Minister of Law and Human Rights at the State Palace along with four other deputy ministers, namely Muhammad Herindra as Deputy Minister of Defense, Dante Saksono Harbuwono as Deputy Minister of Health, Harfiq Hasnul Qolbi as Deputy Minister of Agriculture, and Pahala Nugraha Mansyuri as Deputy Minister of BUMN.

The inauguration of the deputy ministers is stated in the Presidential Decree of the Republic of Indonesia Number 76 / M of 2020 concerning the Dismissal and Appointment of Deputy State Ministers of the Forward Indonesian Cabinet for the Period of 2019-2024.

Eddy Hiariej himself became a professor at the age of 37 which made him one of the youngest professors. Previously, he even got a doctorate in just 2 years.

In March 2008, this man who was born in Ambon on April 10, 1973 completed his dissertation on deviating legality principles in gross human rights violations.

But who would have thought, this UGM professor had failed to pass the UGM Higher Education Entrance Examination in 1992. At that time he planned to enter the Faculty of Law at the university.

That failure became a trigger for him until he finally managed to qualify for the UMPTN the following year.

After graduating in 1998, Eddy took the lecturer acceptance test and passed. He has also been Assistant Vice Rector for Student Affairs at UGM for the period 2002-2007.

Eddy's name is quite well known as a criminal law expert who was summoned to be a witness in various trials, one of which was in the 2019 Presidential Election dispute trial.

He became an expert witness for the pair number 01 Joko Widodo-Ma'ruf Amin who was defending his victory claim against candidate pair number 02 Prabowo Subianto-Sandiaga Uno.

Jokowi-Ma'ruf is known to have won the election dispute trial at the Constitutional Court and has now served as president and vice president.

Prior to that, Eddy was reported by Antara, Tuesday, December 23, and was an expert in a trial of a blasphemy case involving former DKI Jakarta Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama.

In addition, he has also been a criminal law expert who was presented by the prosecutor in a murder case with cyanide copies involving Jessica Kumala Wongso as the defendant.

Now, more than a year after becoming an expert for Jokowi-Ma'ruf in the Constitutional Court hearing, Eddy has joined the ranks of government. He will accompany the Minister of Law and Human Rights Yasonna Laoly and add to the ranks of the Advanced Indonesia Cabinet.

Eddy said he would share the task with Yasonna. For now, he will first study and identify problems that are quite crucial at the Ministry of Law and Human Rights and then find solutions.

"I will definitely coordinate because as wamen is helping the minister," said Eddy at the State Palace in Jakarta.

It is hoped that Eddy's intelligence and experience will be able to advance the Ministry of Law and Human Rights in a better direction.