"Law enforcement has run well and that there is unprecedented over crowded prison in Indonesia but the people still yell as if there were no law enforcement in the country because their sense of justice has not been met," Kalla said.
The former vice president made the statement in his scientific oration, themed "Law Enforcement in Indonesia During Reform Era" at Andalas University auditorium.
Kalla said that if one spoke about justice, it had something to do with a matter of fairness.
"The matter of fairness is questioned by the public because there are people whose cases are processed and some are not," Kalla said.
He pointed out that there were certain horrendous cases that took time and energy to be dealt with while there were other ones that clearly had the legal force but they were ignored after all.
According to him, there was also certain legal case which happened systematically and inflicted the loss in state money but it was handled without any certainty.
Kalla said that in the past 10 years there were three dominant criminal cases namely the crime of corruption, the crime of terrorism, and drug-related crime but they were also handled without any certainty.
To satisfy the sense justice in the community, the former vice president said the laws and legal process should be upheld with a clear certainty.
He said there should be a legal certainty for everyone who violated the law.
In this case, Kalla said special consideration such as momentary political interest, and the interests of saving oneself should not be the basis of law enforcement.
(Uu.O001/H-NG)
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