Delpedro and Associates Challenge the Prosecutor's Cassation Appeal to the Supreme Court

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - The Advocacy Team for Democracy (TAUD) submitted a counter-memoir to the cassation appeal on behalf of four activists, namely Delpedro Marhaen, Khariq Anhar, Muzaffar Salim, and Syahdan Husein, to the Central Jakarta District Court on Monday (13/4/2026). The counter-memoir was filed in response to the cassation appeal against the acquittal verdict for the four activists in the alleged incitement case related to the August 2025 demonstrations. “Today, we are submitting a counter-memoir to the cassation memoir filed by the public prosecutor,” said TAUD member M Nabil Hafizurohman at the Central Jakarta District Court in Kemayoran. The requests include: first, accepting the counter-memoir from the cassation respondents in full; second, rejecting the cassation petition from the cassation petitioner or public prosecutor in full; third, declaring the cassation memoir from the cassation petitioner or public prosecutor unacceptable; fourth, upholding the Central Jakarta District Court decision number 742/Pidsus/2025/PN Jkt Pst dated 6 March 2026; and fifth, charging the case costs to the state in accordance with applicable law. Nabil assessed that the public prosecutor’s filing of the cassation in the Delpedro et al. case should be viewed from the perspective of morality towards the law. “The law should not be seen merely as a procedure, but as morality towards the decision,” Nabil stated. “Especially for the first-instance decision, as it encompasses many recognitions of human rights,” he added. Meanwhile, one of the activists, Muzaffar Salim, said that in the cassation process, the Supreme Court (MA) will actually be tested in interpreting differing legal views on the old and new Criminal Procedure Code (KUHAP). Nevertheless, they are leaving the cassation process to the end at the Supreme Court.