DPR Members Question Reduction In Sentences For Drug Convicts

Member of Commission III DPR Didik Mukrianto. (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - Member of Commission III of the Indonesian House of Representatives Didik Mukrianto questioned the decision of the Bandung High Court (PT) which reduced the sentences of six convicts in drug cases to ten years in prison, even though previously they were sentenced to death, at the Cibadak District Court on April 6, 2021. "For extraordinary crimes With such a large amount of evidence, the reduction in sentence carried out by the Bandung PT (High Court) is certainly quite surprising and raises a big question mark," said Didik Mukrianto in his statement, in Jakarta, quoted by Antara, Monday, June 28. The perpetrators of drug crimes are not only to give appropriate punishment or to provide a deterrent effect. However, according to him, the death penalty is no less important, namely to protect the community and save the nation's children from the dangers of drug abuse and illegal drugs. bound by the International Convention on Narcotics and Psychotropics which has has been ratified into national law in the Narcotics Law. Therefore, Indonesia is obliged to protect its citizens from the threat of international narcotics trafficking networks, by implementing effective and maximum punishments," he said. He explained, in the international convention, Indonesia has recognized narcotics crimes as extraordinary crimes, so law enforcement needs special treatment. , effective, and maximal. According to him, one of the special treatments, namely by applying a severe sentence of death penalty. Didik assesses that although the independence of judges must be respected, the reduction in the punishment for drug crimes involving 402 kg of methamphetamine can disturb common sense and logic. "You can't imagine the destructive power of 402 kilograms of methamphetamine to our nation's generation, an unforgivable crime. There are still steps taken by the prosecutor to appeal, for justice and to protect the interests of a larger generation the prosecutor must appeal," he also said. He asked the public to monitor every judge's behavior, if the public saw any inappropriate behavior from the judge, let alone proven tolerating crime or even taking part in crimes including drug crimes, the public can report to the authorities or to the Judicial Commission. Member of Commission III of the DPR Supriansa quipped that the family of the judge who decided the case was not entangled in drugs. "Hopefully there will be no judges who often decide drug cases with low sentences. his family is addicted to drugs. Because he only realizes that later if his family has to know how dangerous drugs and the like are, the end of a drug addict's journey is madness, prison, and graves," he said. Supriansa said that he had always agreed to severe punishments up to the death penalty for drug dealers and their intellectual actors. , especially airports from abroad who are often arrested by the police. He appreciates the district court that tried the case with a death sentence for the perpetrators. However, he hopes that the Bandung PT judge who decides to pass the death row convicts is examined by the Supreme Court. can examine the high judge who decided the case which was very different from the previous decision. Which one is actually rational, whether the decision in the district court or the decision in the appeal court," he said again. According to him, everything must be transparent so that people will trust law enforcement in Indonesia again.