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LEGITIMACY OF THE PROSECUTOR'S AUTHORITY IN
INVESTIGATION ON CRIMINAL ACTS OF CORRUPTION
Ahmad Sukoco
1
, Darwati
2
Universitas Borobudur, Indonesia
Email : ahmadsukoco22699@gmail.com
1
, darwati1060@gmail.com
2
Abstract
The legal basis for the Prosecutor's Office in carrying out its Investigative Authority on Corruption Crimes is
basically: Law Number 16 of 2004 concerning the Prosecutor's Office, Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning
Eradication of Corruption Crimes based on Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning Amendments to the Law Law
Number 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Corruption Crimes, and the Criminal Procedure Code.
Normatively, the relationship with the prosecutor's authority is regulated in Law Number 16 of 2004 concerning
the Attorney General's Office of the Republic of Indonesia. Based on Article 1 paragraph 1 of Law Number 16
of 2004 concerning the Attorney General of the Republic of Indonesia, it is stated that the Prosecutor is a
functional official authorized to act as a public prosecutor and executor of court decisions that have obtained
coercion and other powers based on law. In terms of exercising the authority of corruption crimes, based on
Article 30 of Law Number 16 of 2004 concerning the Attorney General's Office of the Republic of Indonesia,
the duties and powers of the Attorney General include: Paragraph 1 letter d To investigate certain criminal acts
based on laws and letters e. The implementation of investigative authority by the prosecutor's office against the
perpetrators of corruption in the jurisdiction of the Indramayu State Prosecutor's Office, West Java Province.
there is an allegation of a criminal act of corruption, in essence, the procedure is carried out in accordance with
the provisions determined by the Criminal Procedure Code which are based on Articles 183 and Article 184
concerning the acquisition of evidence to prove the existence of a crime. . The implementation of this process is
adjusted to the implementation of procedures, functions and duties of the Indramayu District
Attorney
Keywords
: Authority of the Prosecutor, Corruption Crime Investigation
INTRODUCTION
Since the reformation era that began in 1998, regarding the administration of state
administration in Indonesia, politically it is an era marked by a total change in the system of
administration of state administration and governance based on the will of the people who
want the establishment of the rule of law, human rights and democracy, and accelerated
development that is oriented towards improving welfare. people, as well as the eradication of
Corruption, Collusion, and Nepotism as a whole. Furthermore, in the reform era, the State
issued Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Corruption. Substantially, Law
Number 31 of 1999 gives priority to handling corruption offenses from general criminal
cases, so that they are immediately submitted to the District Court.
In order to make law enforcement more effective in eradicating corruption, legal products
are needed that give authority to institutions that provide more authority in the form of laws
and regulations as needed. Institutions that have the authority can carry out their
responsibilities based on a legal system approach to take efforts and actions to eradicate
corruption, including the Prosecutor's Office in the form of investigations (Indonesia, 2001).
Law enforcement efforts, legal investigations carried out by civil servant investigators
(PPNS Prosecutors), and the quality, professionalism, and validity of the results of the
investigation, especially in the inclusion of evidence, can have a major influence on the
prosecution process and the judicial process (Polontalo, 2018).
Based on Law 16 of 2004 concerning the Prosecutor's Office of the Republic of
Indonesia, Article 30 Paragraph (1) point d, the duties and authorities of the Prosecutor's
Office are; "To carry out an investigation into certain criminal acts based on the law".
Injuruty : Interdiciplinary Journal and Humanity
Volume 2, Number 2, February 2023
e-ISSN: 2963-4113 and p-ISSN: 2963-3397