Jokowi Asks All Citizens to Respect Legal Process for Eradicating Corruption

JAKARTA, LELEMUKU.COM - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) said that the legal process at the Indonesian Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) must be respected by all parties because all citizens are equal before the law.

"In my opinion, all the legal processes at the KPK must respect, all are equal before the law, and I have also conveyed that everyone respects the call from the KPK," he said to reporters after sending humanitarian aid to Pakistan at Halim Perdanakusuma Airbase, Jakarta, on Monday, September 26, 2022.

This was said by Jokowi in response to the alleged corruption case of the Governor of Papua Lukas Enembe and also the alleged bribery case handling cases at the Supreme Court.

He also considered that it was important to continue to implement reforms in the legal sector in Indonesia. The President has ordered the Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs to carry out this.

"I see there is a very important urgency to reform our legal field, and I have ordered the Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs. Please ask the Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs about this," he added. (Setpres)