Indramayu DPRD Member Becomes Suspect Of Bloody Clash, Council Chair Affirms Non-Inherent Immunity Rights

Chairman of the Regional People's Representative Council (DPRD) Indramayu Regency, West Java Syaefudin/ANTARA

INDRAMAYU - Chairman of the Regional People's Representative Council (DPRD) Indramayu Regency, West Java Syaefudin said Taryadi's immunity rights are not automatically attached. Taryadi is a suspect in a bloody clash that killed two farmers.

"In this criminal case (the determination of the suspect Taryadi), his immunity rights are not automatically attached," Syaefudin said in Indramayu, quoted by Antara, Thursday, October 7.

Syaefudin said the law has regulated the immunity rights of DPRD members, where this right is attached to the people's representatives when carrying out their duties as legislators, such as expressing their opinions, thoughts and others.

However, the legislation also stipulates that the right of immunity will automatically fall when the people's representative stumbles on a criminal case that is not related to his duties as a legislator.

Therefore, continued Syaefudin, in the case that ensnared members of the DPRD of Indramayu Taryadi Regency, the right to immunity was not attached because the person concerned at the time of the incident or arrest was not serving as a legislator.

"At the time of the incident the person concerned was not carrying out his duties as a legislator, then the right of immunity would automatically not be attached," he said.

Syaefudin added that although Taryadi has now been named a suspect in the bloody clash that resulted in the death of two sugarcane farmers, Taryadi is still a member of the DPRD.

Where the person concerned still receives his rights as a member of the legislature, until the case that ensnares him is inkrah or has permanent legal force.

"Until now (Taryadi) is still a member of the council, because this case has not been signed and is still in process," he said.