Attorney General Says Implementation Of Online Session Needs To Be Assessed For Effectiveness

Illustration - Online trial at the Denpasar District Court, (Photo: Ayu Khania Pranisitha/Antara)

JAKARTA - RI Attorney General Burhanuddin Sanitiar in the virtual opening of the General Crimes Technical Working Meeting (Rakernis) from the RI Attorney General's Building, South Jakarta, Wednesday, said that the implementation of online hearings (online, ed) needs to be reviewed for effectiveness. According to Burhanuddin, this review is to find out whether online hearings in the future will only be applied in an emergency situation like today or online hearings can permanently replace conventional hearings. or the online trial will continue to run side by side with the conventional trial as an option for the process of resolving cases in court. t Legal Information of the Attorney General's Office of the Republic of Indonesia.

The implementation of a virtual (online) trial is regulated based on the Regulation of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Indonesia Number 4 of 2020 concerning the Administration and Trial of Criminal Cases in Electronic Courts which was promulgated on September 29, 2020. The trial is conducted via teleconference in order to protect the suspect/defendant from the threat of the spread of COVID-19, The Supreme Court entered into a cooperation agreement with the Attorney General's Office and the Ministry of Law and Human Rights in April 2020. After the agreement, courts, prosecutors and detention centers adapted to holding online hearings for defendants whose detention periods could not be extended. criminal cases encounter jurisdictional constraints because Law Number 8 of 1981 concerning the Criminal Procedure Code (KUHAP) does not regulate this. case handling a general criminal law in order to facilitate the dissemination of information on the latest legal products and policies throughout Indonesia.