Give abolition amnesty, Prabowo is considered not a public turmoil

Jakarta -President Prabowo Subianto has given off former Minister of Trade Tom Lembong and Amnesty for PDIP secretary General Hasto Kristiyanto. With the granting of abolition and amnesty, Prabowo was considered no public unrest related to the legal process of Tom Lembong and Hasto. This was set by analyzing researchers of political indicators, Bawono Kumoro. He said the granting of abolition and amnesty is based on legal, social and political considerations. “The legal process for the two people is believed to be from different parties that there are irregularities and thick content of political motives,” Bawono said in his statement on Friday (1/8/2025). Browse to continue with the content “by awarding the abolition to Tom Lembong and Amnesty to Hasto, it seems that if President Prabowo does not want the legal process to the two people to cause unnecessary and counterproductive unrest in the public space,” he continued. He said that granting the abolition and amnesty to someone by the president was guaranteed by the Constitution by taking into account the Indonesian parliament. Previously, Parliament considered the awarding of the abolition of Tom Lembong and Amnesty for Hasto. The announcement of the award of amnesty and abolition was made at a press conference on Thursday (7/31). “About considering the approval of the Indonesian Parliament regarding the granting of abolition to Brother Tom Lembong,” Deputy Speaker of House Sufmi Dasco Ahmad said after a consulting meeting in the Indonesian Parliament Building, Jakarta, Thursday (7/31). “Secondly, the gift, approval and consideration of the presidential letter number R 42/Press/VII/2025 is dated 30 July 2025 regarding amnesty of 1,116 people convicted of amnesty, including brother Hasto Kristiyanto,” he said. Tom Lembong was sentenced to 4.5 years in prison in a corruption case of sugar imports. Tom did not accept the verdict and appealed. This abolition will stop the legal process. Meanwhile, Hasto was sentenced to 3.5 years in prison in the bribery case in the management of interim replacement members of the DPR for Masaraku Masku. If you give amnesty, it will not be necessary to serve his sentence. Both Tom Lembong and Hasto officially came out of the detention tonight. (ISA/AUD)