DPR: 66th Adhyaksa Bhakti Day a Momentum to Strengthen Prosecutorial Integrity
The commemoration of the 66th Hari Bhakti Adhyaksa (HBA) should not be a mere annual ceremonial ritual or an item on the institutional celebration calendar. Amidst increasingly massive public expectations, the commemoration of Hari Bhakti Adhyaksa must become a momentum for existential reflection.
Member of Commission III of the House of Representatives (DPR RI), I Wayan Sudirta, said the Attorney General’s Office currently stands on the stage of history with two seemingly contrasting faces. On the one hand, the institution serves as a sharp sword that has successfully exposed numerous mega corruption scandals.
“However, the Attorney General’s Office is still struggling to cleanse the dark stains left by rogue elements within its own house,” Wayan said in a statement on Wednesday, 22 July 2026.
Historically, he said, the Adhyaksa institution has deep roots in Indonesia’s constitutional system. The term Adhyaksha was born from the golden age of Majapahit as an official carrying out judicial functions, and this noble spirit was institutionalised after independence.
From a legal perspective, the transformation of the Attorney General’s Office has continued to roll forward, beginning with Law Number 15 of 1961 which established the prosecution service as a state instrument of law enforcement, up to the most recent reform through Law Number 11 of 2021 concerning the Amendment to Law Number 16 of 2004.
“This law reinforces the principle of dominus litis (master of the case), positioning prosecutors not merely as ‘postmen’ carrying case files from investigators to the courts, but rather as the chief architects of justice from the investigation stage through to the execution of verdicts,” explained the member of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP) faction.
From the Attorney General’s Office’s perspective, he continued, law enforcement in Indonesia has undergone a paradigm shift. According to him, the law is no longer seen purely as an instrument of retribution (retributive justice), but has begun to touch upon the human dimension through restorative justice.
“Prosecutors are no longer only required to be sharp towards the top in corruption cases, but must also show conscience towards the bottom when facing the social realities of ordinary people trapped in the formalities of the legal system,” said the legislator from Bali.
Objectively, Wayan assessed that the Attorney General’s Office today is highly deserving of great recognition for its courage in entering untouched territory. Whilst other law enforcement agencies appear cautious, the Attorney General’s Office (Kejagung) has taken aggressive manoeuvres in exposing white-collar crime that harms the state’s economy and finances in a structured, systematic and massive manner.