jakarta – Former President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo and the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI) after the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) implicated the party’s secretary-general in a corruption case – The fierce dispute between P) has spilled into the legal realm.
The Corruption Eradication Commission on Monday named Secretary-General Hasto Kristiyanto as a suspect for allegedly assisting former party member Harun Masiku in a bribery case and helping him escape. Obstruction of justice.
Harun was accused of bribing then General Election Commission (KPU) Commissioner Wahyu Setiawan in 2019 to secure a seat in the House of Representatives following the death of an elected HDP lawmaker. Harlan has been on the run since he was named a suspect in 2020.
The anti-graft agency also imposed a travel ban on Hasto and former Law Minister Yasonina Lawley, banning them from leaving Indonesia for six months starting on Tuesday.
Hasto has been a strong critic of Jokowi's alleged interference in February's presidential election, accusing him of using state resources to support Revolutionary Party chief Prabowo Subianto, who eventually married Jokowi's eldest son Jibulan · Gibran Rakabuming Raka won together.
Yasoni is not a suspect in the case. Earlier this month, he was questioned by KPK investigators about Harun's overseas travel records when he headed the former Ministry of Law and Human Rights in charge of immigration.
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In August this year, Yasoni was dismissed from the ministerial post by Jokowi, who was still president at the time, because he reportedly approved the PDI-P transfer of Megawati Sukarnoup without informing Jokowi. Terry's decision to extend his leadership term into next year.
Political?
Shortly after President Prabowo appointed five new KPK leaders, the KPK decided to name Hasto as a suspect and banned him and Yasonina from traveling abroad, despite concerns about Jokowi's alleged interference as they was elected by the latter government.
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The PDI-P claims the KPK's questionable naming and travel ban are part of its larger political agenda to “disrupt the party” ahead of next year's national congress, when it will elect a new chairman. The party has previously accused Jokowi of seeking to replace Hasto with his allies so that he could influence the course of the leadership race.
“We suspect political motives behind [Hasto] “He has been named as a suspect especially because he is nearing the end of Jokowi's term,” PDI-P executive officer in charge of legal affairs Ronny Berty Talapessy said at a news conference on Tuesday. It ended with an outspoken reinforcement of the party's harsh stance against the undermining of democracy.
“The party's strong opposition [to Jokowi] That was also evident when he was fired,” Ronnie said.
he told jakarta post Thursday's travel ban on Hasto and Yasona is part of a “political action”.
The feud between Jokowi and the party that brought him to power came to a head last week when People's Democratic Party matriarch Megawati formally expelled the former president, Vice President Jibrand and Jokowi's son-in-law, Medan Mayor Bao than Nasution for speaking out against the party line in February's presidential election.
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Jokowi's dismissal letter, signed by Megawati and Hasto, said the former president “abused his power by interfering with the Constitutional Court” when the court changed age rules for candidates for public office to allow Gibran to run in the election.
According to Antara, Jokowi said “I have retired” when reporters asked him on Wednesday whether he was involved in Hasto's investigation.
Political analyst Vasisto Rahajo Jati said on Thursday that while there was no certainty on Jokowi's involvement, the People's Democratic Party should focus on proving Hasto's innocence in court rather than playing the victim .
Another analyst, Adi Prayitno, said the KPK would not name Hasto as a suspect purely as part of a political agenda.
“There is a widely held theory that Hastow was named as a suspect after becoming increasingly outspoken. [against Jokowi]. While this is difficult to deny, it does not erase anything from the evidence the KPK has regarding Hasto’s involvement in the case,” he said.
“Invalid” KPK
Arya Fernandes, a political analyst at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), said the KPK named Hasto as a suspect because its new leader is motivated to make a breakthrough in the long-stalled case. The public proves itself.
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Diky Anandya, an activist with the Indonesian Corruption Watch (ICW), disagreed that the KPK's decision to name Hasto as a suspect had larger political motives.
Dickey said: “The reason why the Corruption Eradication Commission has not appointed Hasto is because of the ineffectiveness of the previous leaders of the Corruption Eradication Commission.”
Zaenur Rohman, a researcher at Gadjah Mada University’s Anti-Corruption Research Center (Pukat UGM), also praised the KPK’s new leadership for naming Hasto as a suspect, saying it was something the agency should have done. Things that were done in 2020, but most likely were not done because PDI-P was the de facto ruling party at the time.
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