Jakarta –
The Attorney General’s Office (Kejagung) replied to the LPSK’s request regarding the revised charges Bharada Richard Eliezer with shocking answers. The Attorney General’s Office considers that the revision request does not need to be complied with.
The LPSK is known to have urged the Attorney General’s Office to revise the charges against the former aide of Ferdy Sambo. This pressure was conveyed by the Deputy Chairperson of the LPSK, Edwin Partogi. He urged Attorney General ST Burhanuddin to revise the charge against Bharada Richard Eliezer in the murder case of Brigadier Yosua. LPSK said this was for the sake of the community’s sense of justice.
“If the Attorney General is sensitive to the demands of society’s sense of justice, the Attorney General can revise the charges against Bharada E,” Edwin told reporters, Thursday (19/1/2023).
Edwin then included a news link explaining that the prosecutor had revised charges in the trial regarding the case of housewife Valencya or Nengsy Lim from Karawang, West Java, in 2021.
For information, Bharada Richard Eliezer was sentenced to 12 years in prison in the premeditated murder case of Brigadier N Yosua Hutabarat. Prosecutors believe Eliezer committed the crime of jointly taking Joshua’s life.
Eliezer is believed by the prosecutor to have violated Article 340 of the Criminal Code in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph 1 1st of the Criminal Code. One of the things that weighed on Eliezer was his role as the executor of Joshua’s murder.
Responding to LPSK’s request, the AGO firmly stated that the prosecutor’s demands were correct. The AGO emphasized that the prosecutor’s demands could not be intervened.
“The problem of reviewing, revising, we know when to revise, this is correct what are you doing revised. The example that I revised was the case in Karawang, that’s wrong. If that’s correct what are you doing revised, that’s the answer. There will never be a revision,” said Deputy Attorney General for General Crimes (Jampidum) Fadil Zumhana at the Attorney General’s Office, Jalan Sultan Hasanuddin, South Jakarta.
Fadil asked that no party intervene in the authority of the Attorney General in terms of prosecution related to this case. Fadil said that the judicial process related to the Sambo case was still ongoing.
“LPSK is never satisfied, yes, that’s okay. That’s why I said other institutions should not intervene in the Attorney General’s authority. There are still legal efforts. There are still all kinds of defenses,” said Fadil.
Fadil said that there had been no decision regarding the status of the justice collaborator (JC) recommended by LPSK to Eliezer in this case. Because, according to Fadil, this is the authority of the panel of judges.
“This RE JC has not formally been determined. However, the work of the LPSK has protected it well and regarding later the judge will consider becoming a JC a stipulation will be issued in a decision, I invite the panel of judges to have the authority,” concluded Fadil.
(zap/dwia)
