Member Of Commission III Of The House Of Representatives F-Gerindra Habiburokhman Suggests IDR 100 Billion Corruptors To Be Sentenced To Death

Member of Commission III of the House of Representatives Gerindra Habiburokhman Faction/PHOTO: Nailin In Saroh-VOI

JAKARTA - Member of Commission III of the House of Representatives (DPR), the Gerindra faction, Habiburokhman, supports the prosecution's heavy demands in dealing with convicts in corruption cases. He proposed that corruption defendants with a corruption value of more than IDR 100 billion should be sentenced to life imprisonment or the death penalty.

"We strongly support the prosecutor's high demands in corruption cases, which have a large value. Maybe later they will be categorized, standardized, above IDR 100 billion, the demand for the death penalty or life imprisonment", said Habiburokhman during a hearing (RDP) with the Attorney General's Office at the DPR building, Jakarta, Wednesday, March 23.

According to the Gerindra Deputy, the death penalty or life imprisonment can have a deterrent effect as well as save state finances due to corruption.

"So the deterrent effect can be obtained, the state's losses can also be returned", he added.

However, Habiburokhman said, the strategy to save the country should not only be carried out in corruption cases. But also for criminal acts in other economic fields which in principle harm state finances.

"Regarding saving state losses, not only corruption, but criminal acts in other economic fields which in principle harm state finances, damage the state economic system", he said.

Previously, Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes (Jampidsus) Febrie Adriansyah, revealed that the AGO has three strategies to optimize state finances through handling corruption.

First, the AGO does not only punish individual legal subjects to create a deterrent effect. However, it is also the subject of corporate law to obtain Non-Tax State Revenue (PNBP).

"Criminalization is not only directed at individual legal subjects for a deterrent effect but will also generate state revenue because corporations as perpetrators of criminal acts will be punished to pay a fine", said Febrie in a meeting with Commission III of the DPR, Wednesday, March 23.

Second, is the application of Article 2 Paragraph (1) and Article 3 of the Corruption Eradication Law. Febrie said this does not only focus on proving the element of harming state finances, but also harming the country's economy.

So far, said Febrie, law enforcement officials have only focused on restoring state finances. Meanwhile, the state's economic losses due to corruption have not become the standard of handling.

"This causes the level of state economic recovery that is often not commensurate with the opportunity costs and multiplier economic effects that arise as a result of the occurrence of criminal acts of corruption", said Febrie.

The third strategy is the application of money laundering (TPPU) in corruption cases.

"The consistent application of the crime of money laundering, in addition to a deterrent effect, is also an effort to save state finances and non-tax state revenues or PNBP", explained Febrie.