Jakarta – Amid generally positive public sentiment in response to the government's move to cease criminal proceedings against former antigraft commission leaders Abraham Samad and Bambang Widjojanto, some organizations have attempted to put them back under investigation.
A group called the Young Democratic Patriots (PMD) and M. Junaidi, a former political prisoner, registered a pretrial motion on Monday at the South Jakarta District Court to challenge the Attorney General's Office's (AGO) deponering decision.
Legal experts have said that the Attorney General Muhammad Prasetyo's move to terminate the cases cannot be challenged at all in any court as it falls within the attorney general's prerogative rights.
However, PMD leader Andar M. Situmorang claims that there are loopholes in the AGO's legal procedure. "As a registered organization, we have to defend the public," he said.
Another group called the Forum for Law Enforcement Awareness (FMPP) reported Attorney General Muhammad Prasetyo to the police, alleging that he had broken the law by terminating the case.
"We reported the case so [the police] can start an investigation. The lawsuit is enough [to prove] the Attorney General's abuse of power," said forum member Sisno Adiwinoto, a retired police general.
Then KPK commissioners Abraham and Bambang were named suspects by police in two separate cases after the antigraft body took the bold step of naming Comr. Gen. Budi Gunawan a suspect in a bribery case. Budi at that time had just been recommended to become the National Police chief.