Ferdy Sambo Sue Jokowi And National Police Chief Sigit, Coordinating Minister Mahfud MD: It's Gimic Only

Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Mahfud MD/DOK Instagram @mohmahfudmd

Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs (Menko Polhukam) Mahfud MD said the lawsuit filed by former Head of the Profession and Security Division of the National Police Ferdy Sambo to the Jakarta State Administrative Court (PTUN) regarding his dismissal was only a gimmick. "In my opinion, it's just a game, it's finished and it's administrative law, the president's action is administrative law," Mahfud said in the presidential palace of Jakarta, quoted from Antara, Friday, December 30. Ferdi Sambo filed a lawsuit at the Jakarta Administrative Court with lawsuit number 476/G/2022/PTUN.JKT on Thursday, December 29, 2022. He sued President Joko Widodo and National Police Chief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo regarding his dismissal as a member of the National Police. Mahfud also asked to remain focused on the judicial process that Sambo and other defendants are currently undergoing. "We focus on the court first, that's why we want to obscure the problem of the case, we focus on it," said Mahfud. However, Mahfud said the government was also ready to face the TUN lawsuit. "Yes (confronted), but he has already said, whatever decision I accept, how come it's not now? It's finished and it's administrative law, not criminal law, the actions of the president of administrative law," Mahfud explained. In his petitum, Ferdy Sambo asked the judge to declare null or void in Defendant I's Decree as stated in the Decree of the President of the Republic of Indonesia Number 71/POLRI/2022 concerning Disrespectful Dismissal of Police High Officers, September 26, 2022. In addition, he also asked the judge to order the National Police Chief to place and restore all his rights as a member of the National Police. Another application is to punish the president and the police chief with the responsibility of paying the court fees incurred in this case. The National Police's Code of Ethics Commission on August 26, 2022, imposed a sanction of dishonorable dismissal (PTDH) or dismissal of Inspector General Ferdy Sambo for committing a serious violation of the Police Professional Code of Ethics, namely the crime of premeditated murder of Brigadier J. Now, Ferdy Sambo is a defendant in the premeditated murder case of Brigadier Nofriansyah Yosua Hutabarat alias Brigadier J.