The Ministry Of Environment And Forestry (KLHK) Has Expressed That Many Legal Decisions On Environmental Cases Have Been Signed But Have Not Been Executed

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JAKARTA - The Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK) revealed that there are still many legal decisions in environmental cases that cannot yet be executed.

Director General of Environmental and Forestry Law Enforcement Rasio Ridho Sani said, out of 31 environmental lawsuits during 2015-2022, only 21 already have permanent legal force or commitment.

"If we talk about the fine for environmental losses that have entered the state through the Directorate General of Law and Human Rights, it is approximately Rp.440 billion that is included in the PNBP (non-tax state revenue). But there are still many court decisions that we have not been able to execute, Rp.20.79 trillion (the value of the fine)," he said during a hearing with Commission IV of the DPR at the Senayan Parliament Complex, Jakarta, Monday, December 12, which was confiscated by Antara. He said that a number of legal decisions on environmental cases that had been signed could not be executed due to capacity and commitment. executor.

The Ministry of Environment and Forestry has sent a letter to the district court to encourage the acceleration of the execution of the legal decision on environmental cases that have permanent legal force.

He added that the fines for the execution of environmental case decisions that enter non-tax state revenues will be used to support environmental restoration efforts.

"Of course we expect the support of Commission IV on how to accelerate the execution of civil decisions that have been carried out by the Ministry of Environment and Forestry. Because the execution of criminal cases was carried out by the prosecutor," he said.