PDIP -Legislature Appreciation for amnesty for Hasto: Prabowo's statesman's attitude

Jakarta – Hasto Kristiyanto, secretary of PDIP, received amnesty from President Prabowo Subianto for the legal case that facilitated him. Member of the House of Representatives Commission II of the PDIP faction Romy Soekarno was of the opinion that the decision was the attitude of Prabowo statesmen. “I respect and express their highest appreciation to President Prabowo Subianto for a wise state decision to give amnesty to Mas Hasto Kristiyanto,” Romy told reporters on Friday (1/8/2025). “This decision reflects the attitude of state writers who are able to read legal issues, not only in the legal formal framework, but also in the political context, essential justice and the interests of the country’s democracy,” he continued. According to him, the browsing to continued content, the legal process regarding Hasto from the beginning, has invited different public questions. Because he considered the legal process to contain a lot of irregularities as both procedure and political. “The handling of this matter reflects in many ways more may maneuvers rather than objective and fair law enforcement. In this context, granting amnesty is the right correction of legal distortion as well as a form of restoration of the political rights of a citizen,” he said. He was of the opinion that the giving of amnesty was not just Hasto innocent. However, according to him, the award of amnesty is a form that law should not be used as a means of power. “The law must continue to be the collective moral guard of the land and the pendulum of justice in favor of the truth and interests of the people,” he explained. “With this amnesty, we hope that he can return fully in the dynamics of national and state life, to continue to contribute to the strengthening of constitutional, healthy and civilized Indonesian democracy,” he added. It is known, Thursday (7/31) the night of the Indonesian parliament and the government held a consultation meeting to discuss the president’s consideration related to the granting of amnesty to the abolition. Among them is the abolition of Tom Lembong and amnesty for Hasto Kristiyanto. “About considering the approval of the Indonesian Parliament regarding the granting of the abolition to Brother Tom Lembong,” Deputy Speaker of House Sufmi Dasco Ahmad said after a consultation meeting in the Indonesian Parliament Building, Jakarta, Thursday (7/31) “was the gift, approval and consideration of the presidential letter 42/Press/Press/Perts/Persians.