Judge Postpones MAKI Pretrial Lawsuit Session To Minister Of Trade Related To Cooking Oil Mafia

Sole judge postpones pretrial hearing of MAKI's lawsuit to the Ministry of Trade/Photo: Antara

JAKARTA - The panel of judges at the Central Jakarta District Court postponed the initial trial of the pretrial lawsuit filed by the Indonesian Anti-Corruption Society (MAKI) against the Minister of Trade in the alleged cooking oil mafia case. Central Jakarta District Court Dewa Ketut Kartana at the trial of the pretrial lawsuit filed by MAKI, in Jakarta, Monday, April 11. Judge Dewa Ketut explained the reason the respondent was not present at the inaugural trial, because it still takes time to prepare various administrative documents, and the completeness needed in making the case. With the postponement of the pretrial lawsuit in the alleged cooking oil mafia case, the sole judge at the Central Jakarta District Court has rescheduled the trial on Monday (18/4) 2022 with the same agenda. judge. MAKI coordinator Boyamin Saiman as the plaintiff It's a shame that the Minister of Trade was not present at this inaugural and scheduled trial. "MAKI is disappointed with the absence of the Ministry of Trade, because this summons was a week ago," said Boyamin. there are sufficient documents, then it is considered as a far-fetched reason.

"This is the face of our bureaucracy which I feel does not respect the courts," he also said. In fact, he said again, the Ministry of Commerce should still be present. MAKI is of the view that if the defendant carried out his duties properly in responding to the scarcity of cooking oil, he should have prepared the documents. Moreover, previously before the DPR, the Ministry of Trade felt very confident about the determination of the cooking oil mafia suspect and had documents and data. Not only that, the defendant In this case, the Ministry of Trade has also submitted the necessary data or documents to the police, said the plaintiff.