The Supreme Court Bawas Examined The KPK's Complaints About The Panel Of Judges In The Gazalba Case Saleh

The Jakarta High Court Judge who canceled the interim decision regarding Gazalba Saleh/ANTARA

JAKARTA - The Supreme Court (MA) Supervisory Body is currently reviewing the material for the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) complaint regarding the panel of judges who granted the objection note (exception) of former Supreme Court Justice Gazalba Saleh (GS).

"That's right. We received the complaint yesterday and the Supreme Court's Supervisory Body is currently examining the complaint material," said Head of the Supreme Court Bawas Sugiyanto as quoted by ANTARA, Wednesday, June 26.

He explained that the assessment carried out by the Supreme Court Bawas regarding whether or not there were indications of violations of the Code of Ethics and/or Code of Conduct of Judges (KEPPH) by the panel of judges who decided the interlocutory decision of Gazalba Saleh.

"If from the results of the review there are indications of ethical violations, Bawas will immediately form an examination team to examine the panel of judges examining the case," said Sugiyanto.

Previously, KPK Chairman Nawawi Pomolango said his party had reported the panel of judges who decided the interlocutory decision of Gazalba Saleh to the Judicial Commission (KY). and the Supreme Court Bawas.

"We are no longer going to complain, we have complained," said Nawawi during a press conference.

Nawawi explained the report regarding the alleged violation of the code of ethics of the judge who tried the Gazalba Saleh case.

Drafting from the report, one of which is that we see that the panel of judges at the first level in the product seems to direct our public prosecutors to follow the contents of the decision they made. "That's from the judge's aspect, we think it can be studied whether it violates a code of ethics or not," he said.

Related to this, KY has also confirmed that the KPK report has been received. KY chairman Amzulian Rifai has assigned an assignment or position to the panel of judges (waskim) to follow up on the report.

"Currently, the Waskim team is preparing everything necessary to immediately follow up, including verifying the completeness of administrative requirements and substance to be registered," said KY Member and Spokesperson Mukti Fajar Nur Dewata.

It is known that the panel of judges at the Corruption Court (Tipikor) at the Central Jakarta District Court, Monday (27/5), granted a note of objection or exception from the legal advisor team Gazalba Saleh.

The panel of judges at the Jakarta Corruption Court consisted of Fahzal Hendri as chairman, with Rianto Adam Pontoh and Sukartono as members.

The corruption court ruled that the prosecution and indictment of the KPK public prosecutor could not be accepted, and ordered Gazalba Saleh to be immediately released from custody.

Then, the KPK prosecutor team, Wednesday (29/5), filed a fight (verzet) against the interim decision. Meanwhile, Monday (24/6), the DKI Jakarta High Court decided to accept the request for an appeal against the KPK.

The DKI Jakarta High Court then canceled the decision of the Corruption Court at the Central Jakarta District Court which granted Gazalba Saleh's objection note.

The high court also stated that the indictment in the name of Gazalba Saleh had met the formal and material requirements, as regulated in Article 143 paragraph (2) letter a and letter b of the Criminal Procedure Code. Therefore, the DKI Jakarta High Court ordered the Jakarta Corruption Court to continue the Gazalba Saleh case.