Postponing Examination During Elections, PKS Asks The Attorney General: What's The Background?

The DPR Commission III Meeting with Attorney General ST Burhanuddin (Nailin In Saroh/VOI)

JAKARTA - Member of Commission III of the DPR from the PKS faction, Nasir Djamil questioned the Attorney General, Sanitiar Burhanuddin regarding the background of delaying examinations for 2024 election participants who were involved in corruption cases (tipikor). The reason is, the delay is considered the same as delaying legal certainty for the perpetrators. "But on the other hand, it seems that delaying the investigation process, delaying justice, delaying the legal benefit itself," he continued. Therefore, the legislator from Aceh wanted to know the explanation of the Attorney General regarding what caused him to postpone the examination of corruption cases during the election. "We want to get further information, what is behind the delay in the examination process related to the attorney general's office," Nasir said. "Of course, I heard that there was a general prosecutor's instruction, but of course there was a significant background when the Attorney General issued instructions regarding the postponement of this examination process. Because some parties said that this is the same delaying certainty and delaying the benefits and justice of the law itself," he added.

Previously, Attorney General Sanitiar Burhanuddin ordered the ranks to postpone the examination during the 2024 election. "In law enforcement related to the handling of election crimes, we ordered the ranks, Jampidsus and intelligence ranks to postpone the examination process both in every investigation and investigation into the handling of reports of alleged corruption involving participants in the election contestation," said Attorney General Sanitiar Burhanuddin in a meeting at Commission III of the DPR, Thursday, November 16.