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        "id": 1687213,
        "msgid": "attorney-general-avoid-making-village-heads-suspects-unless-1776610243",
        "date": "2026-04-19 20:48:58",
        "title": "Attorney General: Avoid Making Village Heads Suspects, Unless...",
        "author": "Ardito Ramadhan",
        "source": "KOMPAS",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Legal",
        "summary": "Attorney General ST Burhanuddin has instructed prosecutors to refrain from designating village heads as suspects in cases involving administrative errors, reserving such actions only for instances of personal misuse of village funds. He emphasised that local government departments bear primary responsibility for guiding and overseeing village administrations, rather than criminalising village leaders who may lack expertise in financial management. This directive aims to curb the criminalisation of rural officials and foster better support systems for village governance.",
        "content": "<p>JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Attorney General ST Burhanuddin has asked the\nprosecutorial ranks to avoid designating village heads as suspects,\nunless the village head has misused village funds for personal\ninterests.<\/p>\n<p>Burhanuddin stated that he would hold district chief prosecutors\n(kajari) and high prosecutors (kajati) accountable if they designate a\nvillage head as a suspect due to administrative issues.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAvoid, avoid making village heads suspects. Unless the money is\nindeed used by the village head, perhaps to get married again or\nsomething, and that happens. If the money is truly used, go ahead,\u201d said\nBurhanuddin at the Fairmont Hotel, Jakarta, on Sunday (19\/4\/2026).<\/p>\n<p>Burhanuddin asked the kajari and kajati to imagine the position of\nthe village head elected by the community who does not know what\ngovernment administration is.<\/p>\n<p>Village heads also do not understand financial accountability.<\/p>\n<p>Burhanuddin mentioned that village heads are also not people who have\never handled billions of rupiah before becoming village heads.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, Burhanuddin believes that prosecutors should guide deviant\nvillage heads, while the party to be held accountable is the local\ngovernment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot the village head. The village government department is the one\nthat must be most responsible if there is anything in the village. The\ndepartment head is obliged to provide guidance,\u201d said Burhanuddin.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo if there is a village head who commits actions outside of his\nproper activities, he must also be responsible for these actions,\u201d he\nadded.<\/p>\n<p>He also admitted that he is not proud if the prosecutorial ranks at\nthe local level designate village heads as suspects.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI also hope, and I ask all prosecutorial apparatus, I have conveyed\nthis several times, there should be no more criminalisation of village\napparatus,\u201d said Burhanuddin.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will not be proud if you in the regions make village heads\nsuspects,\u201d he added.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/attorney-general-avoid-making-village-heads-suspects-unless-1776610243",
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