Jakarta – Chairman of the House of Representatives Commission III Habiburokhman said the amnesty and abolition given by the government to Hasto Kristiyanto and Tom Lembong were the right decisions. He was of the opinion that the move was regulated in the Constitution. “The award of amnesty and abolition by the government, including Hasto Kristiyanto and Tom Lembong, is a decision that is appropriate and sometimes with our Constitution and law as well as our Constitution,” Habiburokhman told reporters on Friday (1/8/2025). Habiburokhman explained that the provisions of the President were given amnesty and abolition to the convicted person were regulated in Article 14 paragraph 2 of the Constitution of 1945. The granting of the sentence is also based on Act number 11 of 1954 regarding the embassy of amnesty and abolition. Browse to continue with the content According to Habiburokhman, the award of amnesty and abolition has long been a theme of discussions in the DPR since 2019. This follows the many cases of excessive capacity that took place in a number of prisons in Indonesia. “On average, each MP experiences over -capacity of up to 400%. More than half of the MP residents are mostly drug users,” he said. In addition, he believes that there is no legal intervention by Prabowo behind the giving of amnesty to Hasto and Tom Lembong. Habiburokhman said that the law for law was given to the two by the constitutional channel. He pointed out that no government money and personal gain were obtained by Hasto and Tom regarding corruption cases that decorated the two. “As for the case of Hasto Kristiyanto and Tom Lembong, we interpret that President Prabowo did not intervene in the work of law enforcement officers, but the solution of legal and political issues took over in a constitutional way,” Haburokhman said. We know that both in these two cases do not enrich themselves and do not take government money, above these considerations we understand that President Prabowo must have even greater consideration for the interests of the country and state, “he continued. Amnesty of 1,116 people convicted by amnesty, including brother Hasto Kristiyanto, ”he said.
Commission III of the DPR: amnesty and abolition for Hasto-Tom Lembong according to the Constitution
