South Jakarta Court Rejects Roy Suryo's Second Pre-Trial Motion in Jokowi Diploma Case
The single judge at the South Jakarta District Court (PN Jaksel) rejected all pre-trial motions filed by Roy Suryo regarding his designation as a suspect in an alleged violation of the Electronic Information and Transactions Law (UU ITE) concerning accusations of a fake diploma belonginging to the 7th President of Indonesia, Joko Widodo.
The ruling was read out at the South Jakarta District Court on Monday (20/7) by single judge I Ketut Darpawan.
“Rejecting the Petitioner’s pre-trial motion in its entirety, while imposing no court costs on the petitioner,” the judge said in the courtroom.
In the judge’s considerations, one of the reasons for the rejection was that Roy Suryo had filed the pre-trial motion after the case had already been transferred to court. According to the judge, objections to a suspect designation should have been raised in a single pre-trial motion.
“Considering that the Petitioner’s action of filing a pre-trial motion related to the suspect designation after the case had been transferred, and after the first pre-trial had reached the closing stage, constitutes a clear attempt to delay and disrupt the examination of the merits of the case,” the single judge said.
The judge also highlighted the fact that while the case was still at the investigation stage, neither Roy Suryo nor his legal team had ever filed a pre-trial challenge against the investigation process or the suspect designation. This, the judge considered, showed that Roy was in essence ready to face the main trial.
Therefore, the judge concluded there were no grounds to justify the filing of a pre-trial motion after the case had been transferred to the East Jakarta District Court to enter the stage of examination on the merits.
Previously, Roy Suryo had filed a pre-trial motion against Polda Metro Jaya and the DKI Jakarta High Prosecutor’s Office challenging his designation as a suspect in the case of alleged dissemination of accusations regarding the fake diploma of the 7th President of Indonesia, Joko Widodo.
In his motion, Roy argued that his designation as a suspect for an alleged violation of Article 32 paragraph (1) of the ITE Law was invalid and contrary to law. He considered that the investigation process and the suspect designation had violated Constitutional Court Decision Number 21/PUU-XII/2014 as well as the provisions of Article 184 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Procedure Code (KUHAP).
Besides requesting the annulment of his suspect status, Roy also argued that Article 32 paragraph (1) of the ITE Law, as most recently amended through Law Number 1 of 2024, could not be applied against him.