Medan (ANTARA) \u2014 The Coordinating Body (Badko) of the Islamic\nStudents\u2019 Association (HMI) of North Sumatra has assessed that there was\nno intervention by the North Sumatra High Prosecutor, Harli Siregar, in\na professorship nomination.<\/p>\n
The Chairman of Badko HMI North Sumatra, Muhammad Yusril Mahendra,\nsaid allegations regarding the professorship nomination involving the\nNorth Sumatra High Prosecution Office needed to be addressed\nproportionally.<\/p>\n
\u201cSince he took office as North Sumatra Chief Prosecutor, there has\nnever been any act of intervention. That is a commitment he has always\nupheld as a law enforcement official,\u201d said Hendra in Medan on\nThursday.<\/p>\n
Hendra said that based on information received, the incident in\nquestion occurred when Harli was still serving as Head of the Attorney\nGeneral\u2019s Public Information Centre (Kapuspenkum).<\/p>\n
At that time, he said, there had been a public complaint from a\nlecturer from Bangka Belitung who felt obstructed in the process of\napplying for a professorship by assessors, particularly regarding the\nevaluation of academic journals.<\/p>\n
As part of the Public Information Centre\u2019s duties, Hendra said every\npublic complaint must be received and forwarded to the relevant\ninstitutions.<\/p>\n
It was in that context that communication was made with officials at\nthe Ministry of Higher Education, including the Deputy Minister and the\nInspector General, solely to convey the existence of the complaint.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat was not a form of intervention, but rather the channelling of\npublic aspirations. Even after the information was conveyed, the\nindividual concerned (the lecturer) dealt directly with the ministry.\nThere was no further interference,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Furthermore, he added that the communication was not based on any\npersonal relationship. Harli was said to have never met the Deputy\nMinister of Higher Education in person prior to the inauguration\nceremony for the Rector of the University of North Sumatra.<\/p>\n
He therefore said the circulating narrative was considered incomplete\nand tended to be one-sided.<\/p>\n
Badko HMI North Sumatra also expressed regret over the circulation of\nvideo clips on social media that were deemed not to have sought direct\nconfirmation from the parties concerned before shaping public\nopinion.<\/p>\n
\u201cEvery state institution has a mechanism for handling public\ncomplaints. The Public Information Centre receives and forwards public\nreports from various backgrounds every day. It is incorrect to directly\nassociate that with intervention,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The organisation called on all parties to uphold the principle of the\npresumption of innocence and not to build opinions without comprehensive\nclarification from all parties involved.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/north-sumatra-hmi-finds-no-intervention-by-chief-prosecutor-in-professorship-nomination-1771632556", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }