Jakarta – The suspect in the subversion case Sri Bintang Pamungkas asked his legal advisors team to prepare a suit against the Chairman of the Group of Functionaries Fraction (F-KP) of the House of Representatives (DPR) Moestahid Astari. Moestahid has according to the General Chairman of the Indonesian Democratic Union Party (PUDI) performed acts which are contrary to his duty as DPR member.

Bintang's request was clarified by Bambang Widjojanto, one of Bintang's legal advisors to the press at the attorney general's office, Friday (14/3). "Indeed. Bintang has asked his legal advisors team to charge Moestahid Astari," Bambang clarified. Presently Bintang's legal advisors team is preparing the suit against mentioned DPR member.

Bintang's reason to accuse Moestahid, according to Bambang, is that as Chairman of the F-KP as well as DPR member Moestahid had done acts contrary with his duty. "Sending Idulfitri cards is no crime. But why must he (Moestahid Astari - Red) report this matter to the attorney general's office?" said BAmbang quoting Bintang.

Before, after the Friday prayers at the attorney general's office compound, Bintang and Julius Usman clarified their right to prosecute Moestahid Astari. Bintang also stated that he still refused to be investigated before his objections addressed to the Attorney General for Special Crimes (JAM Pidsus) was responded.

"I shall prosecute Moestahid Astari. I also still refuse to answer all questions from the attorney before the seven objections to the JAM Pidsus are answered," Bintang clarified from his vehicle from the general prosecutor's detention house which brought him and Julius Usman back to the General Crime Building on the west side of the complex of the General Prosecutor's Office.

Never

Meanwhile Moestahid Astari who was separately approached by Kompas on Friday (14/3) clarified that he never reported the Idulfitri card which Bintang sent to government offices. According to Moestahid, the questions which afterwards arose in the newspapers were caused by questions of journalists at the DPR. "And it was not I myself alone, there were also other fraction members who put forward their opinion," said Moestahid.

He clarified that either personally or representing the fraction, he was not obliged to report Sri Bintang's Idulfitri cards to government offices, because it was evaluated very irrelevant, either for personal interests, the more for interests of the fraction. "I clarify, I never reported (Idulfitri cards) to government offices," said Moestahid.

As was reported, Bintang in his capacity as Chairman of the PUDI sent Idulfitri cards to a number of officials and DPR members. Bintang's Idulfitri cards contained the PUDI Agenda, namely rejecting the 1997 General Elections, rejecting Pak Harto's nomination as RI President 1998-2003, and preparing a new post Soeharto order.

Lunch

In his clarification Bambang Widjojanto also disclosed that upon Bintang's request his party is preparing a suite against the Head of Intelligence Operations (Kapusopsin) of the General

Prosecutor Office, Gatot Hendrarto. "In the near future we will register the charge against Moestahid and the Kapusopsin in court." hesaid.

According to Bambang, Bintang evaluated the act of the Kapusopsin to issue a letter to arrest him a violation of the law. "Because the letter for arrest was not made based on sufficient initial proofs. Because there is no sufficient proof which is strong enough as a base to arrest him, the Kapusopsin was evaluated as having violated the law," said Bambang quoting Bambang.

Besides that Bintang's Legal Advisors Team is also preparing a suite against the Attorney General's Office. "The core is to accuse the acts of the Attorney General's Office on the arrest of Bintang cs. The beginning was an invitation for lunch by the Kapusopsin Gatot Hendrarto but he and his colleagues were then arrested," Bambang clarified.

Bintang, Bambang continued, also asked that his legal advisors team prepared a pretrial suite towards the Attorney General's Office about the legalness or illegalness of his arrest. "For the arrest and detention the needs must be clarified by the Attorney General, but this was not done. If that is not clarified it means that the Attorney General has no legality to arrest Bintang, Therefore we will submit a pretrial suite to the Attorney General's Office," said Bambang.

Meanwhile either the JAM Pidsus Ismudjoko or Public Relations Chief of the Attorney General refused to comment on Bintang's plan to accuse the Kapus Opsin and Attorney General. (*)