Singaraja-Center for Anti-Corruption Studies, Department of Law and Citizenship, Faculty of Law and Social Sciences, Ganesha University of Education (Undiksha) held a focus Group Discussion the second (FGD II).teleconference at Puri Saron Hotel, Buleleng, Tuesday (13/10/2020). The FGD discussed the Study of Trial Decision Studies and Utilization of Corruption Crime Trial Records (Tipikor) for the 2019 case. This activity was in collaboration with the Anti-Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK). This is a form of participation of academics, practitioners, students, and the public in an effort to identify obstacles in the process of determining decisions on corruption cases as recommendations that can be used in the process of determining decisions on similar cases in the future.
This FGD was attended by a team of 6 people who chaired Dr. Dewa Gede Sudika Mangku, S.H., LL.M, Ni Putu Rai Yuliartini, S.H., M.H., as secretary, Dr. Made Sugi Hartono., S.H., M.H., as a member, and I Kadek Darma Santosa, S.H., as a member. And 2 reviewers Prof. Dr. I Wayan Lasmawan, M.Pd., and Prof. Dr. Sukadi, M.Pd., M.Ed., from academia. As well 3 practitioners including I Kadek Dony Hartawan, S.H., M.Kn., I Nyoman Sardana, S.H., M.H., and Dr. M. Wiman Wibisana, S.H., M.H.
This activity was also attended virtually by the KPK, namely the Director of Prosecution of the Corruption Eradication Commission, which was represented by Lie Putra Setiawan, S.H., M.H, and the Observer Team of the Corruption Eradication Commission of the Republic of Indonesia. “This second FGD activity is basically conveying the background, aims, and objectives of studying the decisions on corruption cases, case positions and conveying the results of FGD I,” said Dr. Dewa Gede Sudika Mangku, S.H., LL.M who is also the Head of the Undiksha Department of Law and Citizenship.
This FGD has produced views from both the review team as academics and the views of practitioners regarding the decision on case number 36/PID.SUS.TPK/2019/PN.MTR is a form of control as well as supervision of the legal products that have been issued. “In this activity, it is a form of supervision of the legal products produced as well as the proceedings by legal officials including legal practitioners. This supervision is carried out with the assumption that there are many legal products and legal processes that go wrong both materially and formally, so a separate study is needed on the products produced by the apparatus, “concluded Dewa Mangku.
Meanwhile, I Kadek Dony Hartawan, S.H., M.Kn., who works as a Notary and PPAT who was able to attend at that time hoped that this FGD would be able to provide an analysis of decisions on corruption cases with scientific principles to produce recommendations that could be used in the process of determining decisions on similar cases in the future. This FGD also has great hopes of producing a formula to prevent corruption in the younger generation. “FGD activities or something like this must continue to be carried out and developed, it is not enough with one focus of this activity alone, so that through this kind of activity it is hoped that it will be able to support increased independence, transparency and accountability of the judiciary,” he said.
On the other hand, I Nyoman Sardana, S.H., M.H., who works as an advocate, said the FGD was a forum for viewing and analyzing how the judicial process is capable or can be said to fulfill the elements of certainty, benefit, and justice in society. “Basically this FGD activity is to encourage and empower the participation of academics and the public so that they can be further involved in questioning the process of a case and the decision on that case which is considered controversial and hurts people’s sense of justice,” he said. Apart from academics and legal practitioners, this FGD was also attended by students who conducted court recordings and are members of the Undiksha Center for Anti-Corruption Studies, the Department of Law and Citizenship. (rls)
