AGO launches internal reform drive<\/p>\n
Eva C. Komandjaja and Rendi Witular, The Jakarta Post\/Jakarta<\/p>\n
The Attorney General's Office (AGO) launched an internal
\nreform program compiled in a book titled Agenda Pembaruan
\nKejaksaan RI during its 45th anniversary ceremony attended by
\nPresident Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono at the AGO building on Friday.<\/p>\n
The 12 points of reform program was established due to
\ncriticism from the public and the President that the AGO had not
\ndone its best to solve cases of human rights abuses and other
\ncrimes, especially graft cases.<\/p>\n
The reorganization program -- which, among other things,
\nincludes an overhaul of the office's human resources management
\nand recruitment process, and reforming the method of
\ninvestigation and prosecution -- will be among the first steps to
\nbe taken by the AGO in its reform drive.<\/p>\n
Attorney General Abdul Rahman Saleh said that changes in the
\ncase management system would enable the public to access
\ninformation on the legal process of cases more easily as there
\nwould be transparency in the system, thus making AGO prosecutors
\nmore professional and accountable in their work.<\/p>\n
Supervision of prosecutors' performance would also be a top
\npriority.<\/p>\n
Fourteen people were recently selected to be on the
\nprosecutors commission as regulated in Presidential Decree No.
\n18\/2005.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono urged
\nprosecutors and police to intensify their efforts in eliminating
\ncorruption within their institutions.<\/p>\n
In a speech delivered during the ceremony, Susilo ordered the
\nattorney general and police chief Gen. Sutanto to severely punish
\nany of their officials implicated in corruption.<\/p>\n
"If corruption remains among law enforcers, the public's
\nacknowledgement of and trust in them will remain low, and
\neventually our efforts in combating corruption will be
\nmeaningless," said Susilo.<\/p>\n
Susilo said corrupt law enforcers included those who used
\ntheir authority to enrich themselves by extorting money from
\npeople, or those who colluded with bad people in return for
\ncompensation.<\/p>\n
"The government's anticorruption drive will be jeopardized if
\nprosecutors or police still commit corruption, which could
\neventually be exposed to the public," he said.<\/p>\n
According to AGO data, 961 graft cases have been processed by
\nthe special crimes division but only 149 cases have been
\ncompleted.<\/p>",
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