KPK: Amnesty Hasto just did not execute punishment, still guilty of corruption

Jakarta -Johanis Tanak, chairman of the KPK, said the amnesty that Hasto received did not eliminate the acts of corruption committed by the PDIP secretary general. Tanak emphasized that the status of Hasto convicted by the court did not disappear, despite the fact that it gave amnesty. Tanak explained that the mechanism for the award of amnesty was the authority of the president regulated in the Constitution of 1945. Amnesty only eliminated the implementation of punishment to the convicted person, and did not kill the guilty status of the convicted person terminated by the court. “Amnesty given by Hasto Kristyanto is only in the form of not carrying out the sentence, so that people who receive amnesty from the president are still guilty of committing corruption,” Tanak said when he was contacted on Friday (1/8/2025). Browse to continue with the content KPK respect Prabowo’s authority that Amnesty gave to Hasto. The KPK is currently awaiting the president’s amnesty letter before issuing Hasto of detention. “Once the KPK received an amnesty decision from the president who received approval from the Indonesian Parliament in accordance with what was mandated in Article 14 paragraph 2 of the Constitution of 1945, the person concerned was issued from detention,” Tanak said. 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.