In Pleidoi, Rizieq Shihab Fixes Old Wounds With Ahok: The Blasphemer Is Only Sentenced To 2 Years

Rizieq Shihab, White robe reads the Pleidoi at the East Jakarta District Court (Photo: Rizky Adytia/VOI)

JAKARTA - The defendant in the case of the swab test result of the UMMI Hospital Rizieq Shihab protested to the Public Prosecutor (JPU) why the punishment for violators of health protocols (prokes) was much heavier than the perpetrators of corruption. This refers to the criminal charges that were given.

"The prosecutor has made the prokes violation case a far more sinister and more serious crime than the corruption case," said Rizieq reading out a plea memorandum or plea during the trial at the East Jakarta District Court, Thursday, June 10.

Rizieq is not kidding. He compared his case to corruption in the issuance of red notices and the gratification of the Supreme Court's fatwa. Where, Djoko Tjandra was only prosecuted for 4 years.

Then, other perpetrators such as Piangki Sirna Malasari, Inspector General Napoleon Bonaparte, and Brigadier General Prasetijo Utomo were also charged with being inferior to him.

"That in the Djoko Tjandra corruption case, it turns out that Djoko Tjandra and the Pinangki prosecutor were only sentenced to 4 years in prison each, while Inspector General Napoleon was only sentenced to 3 years in prison, and Brigadier General Prasetyo was only sentenced to 2.5 years in prison, even the case former Garuda boss Ary Askhara is only required to be in prison for 1 year," said Rizieq.

In fact, Rizieq briefly explained data from Indonesian Corruption Watch (ICW) on April 19, 2020. The data shows that throughout 2019 out of 911 corruption defendants, 604 people were charged with under 4 years in prison.

Then, still referring to the same data, it is also stated that throughout 2020, from 1,298 corruption defendants, the average charge was only 4 years in prison.

"So, in the opinion of the prosecutor that cases of violating health protocols are not just ordinary crimes, but are far more sinister and more serious than cases of corruption that have robbed the people of money and bankrupted the state, so cases of violating health protocols must be prosecuted for 6 years in prison," said Rizieq. .

In fact, Rizieq also mentioned the case of blasphemy against Basuki Tjahaja Purnama alias Ahok and the case of watering a senior KPK investigator Novel Baswendan.

According to him, the two cases are also the demands given to the defendants are still below the charges against him. On this basis, Rizieq considers the prosecutor to have made the case of prokes violation a major crime.

"For the public prosecutor, that the case of violating health protocols is not just an ordinary crime, but an extraordinary crime, so it is much more evil and more serious than the blasphemy case that Ahok has committed so that it makes a country noisy. Sprinkling of hard water on state officials and KPK investigator Novel Baswedan so that one of his eyes is permanently blind," said Rizieq.

"The proof is that Ahok, the blasphemer, was only sentenced to 2 years of probation, while the Corruption Eradication Commission investigators were only sentenced to 1 year in prison, but in cases of violating health protocols 6 years in prison," he continued

Rizieq Shihab was found guilty by the public prosecutor in the swab case at the Bogor UMMI Hospital. The former frontman of the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) was sentenced to 6 years in prison.

"Issuing a prison sentence against the defendant Rizieq Shihab for 6 years in prison," said the prosecutor at the trial at the East Jakarta District Court, Thursday, June 3.

The prosecutor assessed that Rizieq had violated Article 14 paragraphs (1) and (2) as well as Article 15 of Law Number 1 of 1946 regarding the Criminal Law Regulations jucto article 55 paragraph 1 to 1 of the Criminal Code.