Bibit Samad Rianto was all smiles arriving at the prosecutor’s office. (JG Photo)
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will issue a decision to reinstate Bibit Samat Rianto and Chandra M Hamzah as deputy chiefs of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), a spokesman said.
Denny Indrayana, a member of the president`s special staff for legal affairs, said here on Monday the presidential decision to that effect would be issued as soon as the president received a copy of the Attorney General Office`s decision to drop the two suspended KPK officials` cases.
"To speed up the process, the draft of the presidential decree has already been drawn up," he said.
Junior Atttorney General for Special Crimes Marwan Effendi announced here on Monday that his office would issue a decision on December 1 at the latest to stop the prosecution of Bibit and Chanra.
The office quotes juridical and sociological factors as the reasons for issuing the decision.
Marwan said that actually the results of investigation had already met the requirements for making the case but because the office considered the two suspects unaware of the impact of their actions it had decided to drop their cases.
He said the sociological condition meanwhile were also not conducive to continue the prosecution because "the disadvantage will be bigger than the advantage."
In response to the AGO`s decision, Denny said in line with the the Government Regulation in lieu of Law (Perppu) Number 4 of 2009 as the replacement of Law Number 30 of 2002 on KPK, the current acting KPK deputies namely Mas Ahmad Santosa and Waluyo would be discharged.
According to the Perppu, Bibit and Chandra would be able to be active again as KPK deputy chiefs if the court decides they are not proven guilty or if their case is dropped by the police or the AGO.
Suspended Corruption Eradication Commission deputies Chandra M Hamzah, left, and Bibit Samad Rianto, displaying formal notification that the charges against them had been dropped, at the South Jakarta Prosecutor’s office on Tuesday. (Photo: Afriadi Hikmal, JG)
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