Welcoming The Attorney General's Instructions, The West Sumatra Prosecutor's Office Is Starting To Be Careful In In Investigating Corruption At The Moment Of The 2024 General Election

Assistant for Special Crimes at the West Sumatra Prosecutor's Office, Hadiman. BETWEEN Fathul Abdi

The West Sumatra High Prosecutor's Office (Kejati) has begun to apply the principle of caution and care in handling cases of alleged corruption during the 2024 General Election.

Assistant for Special Crimes at the West Sumatra Attorney General's Office, Haliman, said this was in accordance with the instructions of Attorney General ST Burhanuddin. Moreover, there are criminal allegations involving election participants.

"In principle, we prioritize caution in handling cases of alleged corruption during the 2024 General Election, every report that comes in will be carefully investigated," he said in Padang, West Sumatra, Friday, September 8, which was confiscated by Antara.

He said, when a report comes in and there is or dragging the names of participants in the 2024 General Election whether it is a candidate-cawapres, legislative candidate or cakada, the process will be postponed since it is determined as a candidate.

"We still accept every report that comes in and review, when it comes to the names of election participants, the legal process will be postponed until the election is over," he explained.

Meanwhile, other names who are not election participants, he continued, are still being processed by law as it should be, both in the investigation and investigation stages.

Haliman stated that the Special Crimes Division of the West Sumatra Prosecutor's Office, which has the authority to investigate and investigate corruption cases, must be careful and very careful, in order to avoid the "passage" of interests in the legal process carried out.

So that law enforcement is feared to become a black campaign tool (black campaign) or practical politics from certain parties.

"We do not want the law enforcement process to be used as a means of providing bad opinions or becoming a political tool for certain parties," he explained.

However, Haliman straightened out that the implementation was only in the form of a delay, later when the election was over, the legal process would still be continued in accordance with the instructions and evidence pocketed by his party.

He explained that the policy was in accordance with the instructions of Attorney General ST Burhanuddin who asked the ranks of prosecutors, especially those in charge of intelligence and special crimes, to be careful and careful when receiving and handling corruption complaints ahead and during the 2024 election stage.

Whether it is a corruption complaint involving presidential and vice presidential candidates, as well as reports of alleged corruption involving candidates for legislative and regional head candidates.

In the instruction, the Attorney General asked the prosecutor to be careful in accepting and handling reports of alleged corruption ahead of and during the 2024 General Election stage, in order to anticipate the existence of a black campaign for presidential candidates, vice presidential candidates, legislative candidates and regional head candidates.

"Handling reports of complaints of alleged corruption crimes involving presidential and vice presidential candidates, legislative candidates, and regional head candidates need to be carried out carefully and carefully," said Head of the Legal Information Center of the Indonesian Attorney General's Office Ketut Sumedana delivering the contents of the Attorney General's instructions some time ago.

In addition, it is necessary to anticipate hidden indications of a black campaign that can be an obstacle to the creation of elections in accordance with the principles and provisions of legislation.

Therefore, the Attorney General ordered the ranks to postpone the examination both in the investigation and investigation stages of them since the candidates were officially appointed as presidential candidates, vice presidential candidates, legislative candidates, and regional head candidates until the entire series of processes and stages of the election were completed.

"This is done to anticipate the use of the law enforcement process as a practical political tool by certain parties," said Ketut Sumedana.

The Attorney General in his official broadcast explained that entering the political year, the Prosecutor's institution is prone to being a tool used to attack certain candidates, so caution is needed to prevent a hidden black campaign (black campaign).

On the same occasion, the Attorney General also reminded the ranks of the Prosecutor's Office to be neutral and not side with one of the candidates.