OC Kaligis at the Constitutional Court (MK) Building to journalists during a break in the 2024 Presidential Election dispute trial.

Jakarta, POSINTERNASIONAL.COM

The legal team for candidate pair (Paslon) 02 in the 2024 presidential election, OC Kaligis, stated that Bambang Widjojanto currently has the status of being a permanent suspect but has been deposed (set aside).

“I have evidence regarding the suspect Bambang,” said OC Kaligis at the Constitutional Court (MK) Building to journalists during a break in the 2024 Presidential Election dispute trial, Thursday (4/4/2024).

Kaligis said Bambang was named as a suspect in the alleged crime of perjury and false statements in the 2010 West Waringin City Regional Election dispute trial, Central Kalimantan.

According to Kaligis, Bambang is considered to have violated Article 242 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) 1st and 2nd of the Criminal Code in conjunction with Article 56 of the Criminal Code.

However, for this case, Bambang was dismissed as Commissioner of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) because Bambang’s case file was complete, declared P-21 by the prosecutor’s office and ready to be submitted to court, but until now the file is with the Attorney General’s Office.

However, when the Governor of DKI Jakarta, Anies Baswedan, Bambang Widjojanto was appointed as Chair of the Governor’s Team for the Acceleration of Development (TGUPP).

In the 2024 presidential election dispute trial, Bambang and Rafly Harun were part of the legal team for Candidate Pair 01, Anies Baswedan – Muhaimin Iskandar.

Kaligis added that the deponeering of the Bambang case was carried out by the Attorney General’s Office without going through a consultation process with the DPR, Supreme Court and National Police Chief.

So the deponeering carried out by the Attorney General’s Office in the Bambang case is not in accordance with Constitutional Court Decision No. 29/PUU-XIV/2016 which decided to set aside the case in the public interest.

Meanwhile, in the 2024 Presidential Election dispute trial with the agenda of presenting witnesses and experts from Candidate Pair 02, namely Prof. Eddy OS Hiariej, former Deputy Minister of Law and Human Rights, Bambang stated that he had left the trial.

When the trial presented expert Prof. Andi Muhammad Asrun, Kaligis asked whether the Constitutional Court could take over the authority of the Indonesian Bawaslu in resolving election process disputes with the consideration that Bawaslu was not exercising its authority properly.

To Kaligis’ question, Asrun said that elections and regional elections refer to two different regulations, namely Law No. 7 of 2017 for General Elections and Perppu No. 1 of 2014 and its amendments for Regional Head Elections.

“With the promulgation of Law No. 7 of 2017 concerning Elections, the norms formed in the decision as quoted no longer apply,” said Asrun.

Likewise, Asrun explained that there are differences in regimes between general elections and post-conflict regional elections.

For this reason, he said, there would be a power vacuum and chaos in state administration if the 2024 presidential and vice presidential candidates were re-voted.

(namraw aytida)

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