Tommy's proceedings illogical

Tommy's proceedings illogical

From Warta Kota

As a layman, I have no expert knowledge of law. Yet I have a feeling something is currently going wrong with the present legal proceedings involving the wanted Tommy Soeharto. To the best of my understanding, Tommy has demanded clemency from the President of the Republic of Indonesia. This indicates that he has admitted his wrong doing. While the President was considering to grant or not to grant his demand, Tommy submitted a judicial review to the Supreme Court, which indicated that he had denied doing anything wrong.

This is indeed confusing, not only to me, a layman, but possibly to experts in law as well. How can such a confusing matter, which is clearly illogical, take place in this country?

What surprises me is that while the Justice Minister Yusril Ihza Mahendra has stated that such a thing is illogical, nothing has changed as far as Tommy's case is concerned.

But if law enforcers consider this logical, what can we do? Similarly, one may think that the government's efforts to find Tommy could have been not serious but logical.

SOLEMAN HASSAN

Jakarta