Istana Respects Legal Process Regarding KPK Takeover Proposal for FA Case

Jakarta (ANTARA) - Minister of State Secretary Prasetyo Hadi said the government respects the legal process when responding to the proposal for the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) to take over the handling of the case involving former Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes (Jampidsus) Febrie Adriansyah.

Prasetyo made the remarks when met after a working meeting at the parliamentary complex in Senayan, Jakarta, on Wednesday.

“What matters, in my view, is that we all, once again, as I have said repeatedly, respect the entire legal process,” he said.

He also repeated President Prabowo Subianto’s message reminding all state officials to avoid corrupt practices.

“Time and again, the President, as head of state and head of government, has reminded all of us, especially the ranks of government, to improve ourselves and eliminate such practices. That is the spirit of it,” he said.

“I think it is too early because the case is still being processed at the Attorney General’s Office,” Setyo said when met at the DPR building in Jakarta on Tuesday (14/7).

He explained that the handling of the case at the Attorney General’s Office is still at an early stage, including the examination of evidence and documents. Therefore, the KPK is letting the legal process run first.

“The process is still at an early stage. There is still a lot of coordination to be done, including examining the evidence and documents. So, let that process run first,” he said.

The proposal for the KPK to take over the case was previously made by Mahfud MD through a video on his personal YouTube channel uploaded on Sunday (12/7).

In response to the proposal, Chair of DPR Commission III Habiburokhman said the KPK has the authority to take over the handling of the case. However, the anti-graft body has already been asked to supervise the handling process.

“That is fine because the KPK does indeed have the authority. However, we have conveyed that this case is being directly supervised by the KPK,” he said at a press conference on Monday (13/7).