Pilkada 2024, Attorney General's Office Postpones Legal Process For Candidates For Regional Heads

Kapuspenkum AGO, Harli Siregar At The AGO Building, Jakarta, Thursday 19 July 2024 (Rizky AP/VOI)

JAKARTA - The Attorney General's Office (AGO) has postponed the legal process for regional head candidates (cakada) during the 2024 Regional Head Election (Pilkada) process. The goal is to prevent the use of the law from bringing down political opponents to the black campaign of certain parties.

"The first thing that is not meant to be legal will certainly protect crime. Not intended," said the Head of the AGO, Harli Siregar, to reporters, Monday, September 2.

Kebijakan menunda proses hukum kepada cakada, ditegaskan bukan untuk melindungi siapapun. Tapi menjaga objektivitas Kejagung dalam proses Pilkada 2024.

"We maintain the objectivity of the democratic process. So that there is no black campaign, so that no one candidate will turn the issue into an issue to bring down another candidate," he said.

Later, all parties who are indicated to have committed a crime will be dealt with according to the procedure after the 2024 Pilkada process is completed. Thus, justice is still upheld.

"So, we have to be fair and give that opportunity to use this Democracy party as a right and after that of course the legal process will continue to be carried out and carried out," said Harli.

As is known, Attorney General ST Burhanuddin has issued a memorandum asking all ranks, especially in the field of intelligence and special crimes throughout Indonesia, so that the handling of reports of complaints of alleged corruption involving presidential and vice presidential candidates, legislative candidates, and regional head candidates needs to be carried out carefully and carefully.

Then, anticipate the existence of hidden indications of 'black campaign' which can be an obstacle to the creation of elections in accordance with the principles and provisions of legislation.