PDIP Reveals Hasto Has A "gun" Wins Pretrial Against The KPK At The South Jakarta District Court

Pretrial illustration (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - Senior PDI-P politician (PDIP) Aria Bima said PDIP Secretary General Hasto Kristiyanto had a weapon against the suspect status of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) at the South Jakarta District Court (PN). All will be opened in a pretrial lawsuit trial.

"Later in our pretrial we will also show facts that according to the law there is something we see, Mr. Hasto may be free from the suspect's case," Aria told reporters in the Gelora Bung Karno area quoted Monday, January 12.

Aria did not specify the weapons that had been prepared. The deputy chairman of Commission II of the DPR RI only ensured that PDIP would support Hasto's steps in filing a pretrial lawsuit.

Moreover, there are allegations of politicization in the bribery and obstruction of the investigation that ensnared Hasto. "So the public will see to what extent the suspect Mr. Hasto really fulfills the prerequisites for matters relating to legal buildings and legal facts," he said.

Furthermore, Aria hopes that the KPK will not throw opinions regarding this case or the pretrial lawsuit filed by Hasto. "Just carry out the legal stages," he said.

Meanwhile, the KPK did not care about Hasto's pretrial lawsuit. KPK Director of Investigation Asep Guntur Rahayu said his agency was ready to face the lawsuit.

"It's okay, it's not just this time. It's something the suspect usually does or sues the KPK for pretrial," Asep told reporters at the KPK's Merah Putih building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta, Friday night, January 10.

Asep said that Hasto as a suspect did have the right to examine the determination of the legal status. "Of course we will also prepare to face the pretrial," he said.

Hasto filed a pretrial lawsuit on Friday, January 10. The application has been registered with case number 5/Pid.Pra/2025/PN JKT.SEL.

Djumyanto will later become the sole judge. The first trial with the agenda of summoning the respondent and the applicant will be held on Tuesday, January 21.

Previously reported, the KPK developed an interim replacement bribery (PAW) case that ensnared former KPU commissioner Wahyu Setiawan and his fugitive, Harun Masiku. Two people were later named as suspects, namely PDIP Secretary General Hasto Kristiyanto and Donny Tri Istiqomah who are PDIP cadres as well as lawyers.

It didn't stop there, Hasto was also a suspect in the obstruction of the investigation. He is suspected of trying to obstruct the legal process, one of which is by asking Harun to damage his cellphone and run away after the hand arrest operation (OTT) was carried out.

In this case, Hasto has been summoned by investigators to be questioned as a suspect on Monday, January 6 yesterday. However, he asked for a postponement because there was a series of PDIP Anniversary events that had already been scheduled.

He then confirmed that he would fulfill the investigator's summons on Monday, January 13. Hasto admitted that he was ready to undergo the legal process with full responsibility and would cooperate.