Coordinating Minister Yusril Affirms Amnesty And Abolition Given By President In Accordance With Law

Screenshot - Coordinating Minister for Kumham Imipas Yusril Ihza Mahendra while giving a video caption in Jakarta, Friday (1/8/2025).

Coordinating Minister for Law, Human Rights, Immigration and Corrections (Menko Kumham Imipas) Yusril Ihza Mahendra emphasized that the amnesty and abolition given by President Prabowo Subianto was in accordance with the Law (UU).

Yusril said the law, namely the 1945 Constitution and the Emergency Law (UUDrt) Number 11 of 1954 concerning Amnesty and Abolition.

"Article 14 of the 1945 Constitution firmly states that the President has granted amnesty and abolition by taking into account the considerations of the House of Representatives (DPR)," he said as quoted by ANTARA, Friday, August 1.

In granting amnesty and abolition ahead of the 80th Anniversary of the Republic of Indonesia, he explained that President Prabowo Subianto had asked the DPR for consideration by letter.

In addition, he said, the President had also sent two ministers, namely the Minister of Law (Menkum) and the Minister of State Secretary (Mensesneg), to consult and ask the opinion of the DPR for plans to grant amnesty and abolition, which were given to the Secretary General of the PDI-P DPP Hasto Kristiyanto and the Minister of Trade (Mendag) for the 2015-2016 period Thomas Trikasih Lembong (Tom Lembong).

Meanwhile, if referring to Article 2 and Article 4 of the UUDrt 11/1954, the Coordinating Minister revealed that if someone or a group of people is granted amnesty, then any legal consequences of the criminal acts committed will be abolished.

The regulation also states that all prosecutions for criminal acts committed by someone or a group of people are abolished.

"Thus, it is appropriate to grant amnesty and abolition to Pak Hasto and to Mr. Thomas Lembong," he continued.

According to Yusril, Hasto or Tom Lembong's legal process is currently almost the same, both of which have been sentenced to the first instance court.

However, with the amnesty, he said, the sentence handed down by Hasto was automatically abolished, so the Secretary General of the PDI-P DPP no longer needed to appeal the decision given by the first instance court.

Likewise, Tom Lembong, who is currently in the process of filing an appeal, he said that with the abolition, all prosecution processes against the former Trade Minister were abolished.

"So it is considered that there is no prosecution against him," said Yusril.

Abolition was given to Tom Lembong after being sentenced to four years and six months in prison and a fine of Rp. 750 million, subsidiary to six months in prison, after being found guilty of committing a criminal act of corruption in a corruption case of sugar importation at the Ministry of Trade.

Meanwhile, the amnesty was given to Hasto Kristiyanto after being sentenced to three years and six months in prison and a fine of Rp. 250 million, subsidiary to three months in prison after being proven to have given bribes in the case of alleged obstruction to investigations and bribery.