IPW Asks President Prabowo To Evaluate Jampidsus Performance Febrie Adriansyah

Chairman of Indonesia Police Watch (IPW), Sugeng Teguh Santoso (DOK IPW)

JAKARTA - Chairman of Indonesia Police Watch (IPW), Sugeng Teguh Santoso, asked President Prabowo Subianto to evaluate the performance of Jampidsus Febrie Adriansyah. This is because the person concerned is suspected of committing allegations of abuse of authority.

"President Prabowo's noble intention to prosper the people by strongly encouraging the eradication of corruption, and strengthening the integrity of government officials is difficult to achieve, if the abuse of authority in the implementation of investigation activities in Jampidsus is allowed to continue," said Sugeng Teguh Santoso in an electronic message received by journalists in Jakarta, Friday, March 21.

Sugeng said Febrie seemed to be seeking popularity by creating a sensation

announce the fantastic state loss of hundreds of trillions of rupiah without a clear basis, as if enforcing the law. For example, continued Sugeng, in the Pertamina corruption case of Rp193.7 trillion.

In the Pertamina case, the Attorney General's Office named Muhammad Kerry Andrianto Riza, Dimas Werhaspati, and Gading Ramadhan Joedo as suspects. They are accused of mixing Ron 90 fuel into Ron 92 and ashipping fee markup of 13-15 percent.

According to Sugeng, this accusation is wrong. Blending or mixing of fuel carried out is in accordance with government regulations, in this case Government Regulation No. 36 of 2004 in conjunction with Government Regulation No. 30 of 2009 concerning Downstream Oil and Gas Business Activities.

The condition is that it must comply with the standards and quality set by the minister, whose guidance and supervision are carried out through the Director General of Oil and Gas, as stipulated in ESDM Regulation No. 48 of 2005 concerning Quality Standards (specifications) as well as Supervision of Fuel Oil, Gas Fuel, Other Fuel, LPG, LNG and Processed Products Marketed Domestically.

He also highlighted the use of the term oplosan until March 4, the Attorney General's Office corrected by emphasizing that the case being investigated was the practice of blending, not mixing.

"However, the improper use of the term 'oplosan' has misled the public and harmed Pertamina. This inaccurate information causes consumers to lose confidence and switch to foreign gas stations," he explained.

Allegations of markup on shipping costs are also baseless. The 13-15 percent margin is a reasonable advantage between PT Pertamina International Shipping and PT Pertamina International Refinery, not the suspect's profit

Sugeng even said that the prosecutor had no strong evidence in determining the suspect. He said that the determination of the suspect was only based on the alleged WhatsApp conversation that was misinterpreted. "This is clearly criminalization. The investigating prosecutor has committed maladministration. This suspicion is false, violating Article 318 of the Criminal Code," said Sugeng.

Sugeng also stated that the AGO's claim of state losses of Rp193.7 trillion was completely irrelevant to the case of blending or markup costs of shipping alleged against the suspect.

"The loss has nothing to do with the accusations against the suspects. It is increasingly clear that this investigation is not pure law enforcement," said Sugeng.