The Vice President's Message When LPSK Was 13 Years Old: Must Continue To Serve With Excellence

Vice President Ma'ruf Amin (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - Indonesian Vice President Ma'ruf Amin advised the Witness and Victim Protection Agency (LPSK) to continue serving excellently in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. This was conveyed during the 13th anniversary of the institution.

"At the age of 13, of course, the challenges faced by LPSK will be even more severe. I advise that in the conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic, LPSK must continue to serve excellently," said Ma'ruf Amin at the commemoration of the Witness Protection Agency's birthday. Victims (LPSK) online, reported by Antara, Tuesday, August 31.

The vice president said that the service was by encouraging community participation through various innovations, including optimization and use of information technology that made it easier for the public, witnesses, and victims to get access to services from LPSK.

In the event entitled 13 Years of LPSK Serving: Working in Silence, Protecting Amid the Pandemic, the Vice President also hopes for LPSK to play a more role in optimizing the protection of whistleblowers and justice collaborators of a crime.

The Vice President also hopes that LPSK will always be a professional institution, continue to be committed, and adhere to the principle of accelerated handling, the principle of equality before the law, and the principle of protecting human rights.

"The government through strengthening policies and regulations will always fully support the duties and functions of LPSK in fulfilling the rights of witnesses and victims," said Vice President Ma'ruf Amin. witnesses and victims.

On this occasion, the Chairperson of the Witness and Victim Protection Agency (LPSK) Hasto Atmojo Suroyo said that in the midst of a pandemic situation that resulted in inevitable changes, the LPSK's working mechanism would continue to be improved in order to be able to survive and adapt, especially in the protection of witnesses and victims.

"LPSK remains committed to continuing to work optimally in carrying out the task of protecting and recovering witnesses and victims," said Hasto.

He said that public support for LSPK's work would also contribute a great deal of energy to carry out the protection and recovery tasks for witnesses and victims in Indonesia.

The event was also filled with a public lecture from the Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs (Menko Polhukam) Mahfud MD with the theme Legal Politics of Witness and Victim Protection: Unraveling Fundamental Aspects and Framing the Future Vision of LPSK.