Hotman Paris Accuses Senior Advocate Otto Hasibuan Revealing Facts About The Legitimacy Of Peradi's Leadership

JAKARTA - Hotman Paris Hutapea chose to leave the Indonesian Advocates Association (Peradi) on the grounds of a dispute with senior lawyer Otto Hasibuan. Hotman Paris protested the leadership of Otto Hasibuan in Peradi, even bringing up personal matters regarding the satire of showing off wealth on social media.

Otto Hasibuan responded back to Hotman Paris' statement. Otto Hasibuan provides a flashback of Peradi's legal journey.

"Hotman Paris's statement regarding Supreme Court Decision No: 997K/pdt/2022, is untrue, misleading, injured tens of thousands of Advocates of Peradi and allegedly against the law, and is suspected of being a public lie because the decision has no legal implications for the legitimacy of Peradi and the General Chairperson Peradi Otto Hasibuan," said Otto Hasibuan to VOI, Thursday, April 21.

Otto Hasibuan explained that Hotman Paris' statement regarding Peradi was invalid, referring to the Supreme Court's Decision No: 997K/pdt/2022, was a statement that was untrue, misleading, and potentially against the law.

Because the decision of the Supreme Court (MA) was emphasized by Otto Hasibuan, it has no legal implications for Peradi's existence, including the position of general chairman.

"That the case occurred when Peradi was led by Fauzi Hasibuan as general chairman for the 2015-2020 period, at that time there was a plenary meeting that changed Peradi's Statutes of Association. Then Alamsyah felt that the amendment to the Statutes of Association was invalid because it was only changed in a plenary meeting and should have gone through the National Conference of Peradi," said Otto Hasibuan explaining the background of the problem that Hotman Paris mentioned.

Because of this problem, continued Otto Hasibuan, the Peradi DPN which was then led by Fauzi Hasibuan was sued by Alamasyah. This case proceeds in the district court to the Supreme Court.

"Then when the case was ongoing, in 2020 the Peradi National Conference was held at the Pullman Bogor Hotel and at the National Conference one of the agendas was a change in the AD. Finally, the National Assembly approved the amendments to the Articles of Association by ratifying the amendments to the Statutes of Association which previously was only ratified in a plenary meeting, now to the AD which was ratified based on the decision of the National Conference, "explained Otto Hasibuan.

From there, there are two products regarding amendments to the Statutes of Association which was previously only decided in a plenary meeting, and amendments to the AD which were ratified at the 2022 National Conference.

“And in the National Conference, Otto Hasibuan was elected as the General Chair of Peradi with approximately 95 percent of the votes beating the other candidates. Therefore, if it is true that the Supreme Court's decision annulled the AD which was only decided in the plenary meeting, the only thing that was canceled was the AD that was changed in the plenary. Meanwhile, the AD that was decided in the National Conference is still valid because it does not include the AD which was canceled by the Supreme Court's decision," explained Otto Hasibuan.

Because the Articles of Association, as a result of the amendments to the 2020 National Conference of Peradi, emphasized that Otto Hasibuan had never been sued, so it was not included in the Supreme Court's decision No: 997K/pdt/2022.

"So that I am Otto Hasibuan as the legitimate chairman of Peradi, because he was elected in a valid National Conference and based on valid Articles of Association, so the Peradi that I lead is the legitimate Peradi," said Otto Hasibuan.

"So I once again reiterate, Hotman Paris' statement is very reckless and misleading, and hurts the feelings of tens of thousands of Peradi members throughout Indonesia, especially young advocates," he continued.

Responding to Hotman Paris's statement through the media, Otto Hasibuan asked Peradi advocates throughout Indonesia to remain calm, unaffected by Hotman Paris' statement.

"I make sure that everything I have said above is true and in accordance with the facts, and I am ready to be responsible for all the information I convey," said Otto Hasibuan.