At the beginning of this year, a specialist tax advocate, Nurhidayat et al, filed a judicial review of the provisions of Art. 5 paragraph (2) of Law No. 14/2002 concerning the Tax Court to the Constitutional Court. This process coincided with the revelation of the unreasonable wealth scandal of the Head of the General Section at the Directorate General of Taxation at the Ministry of Finance, Rafael Alun Trisambodo. Rafael, as we all know, is the father of Mario Dandy Satriyo, the suspect in the alleged torture case, who was later found to have an unreasonable amount of wealth. Since the case was uncovered, the authority of the Ministry of Finance has been questioned, including how the institution manages the Tax Court. Not long ago, Nurhidayat et al got what they wanted. The Constitutional Court ordered that the management of the Tax Court be carried out under one roof at the Supreme Court no later than December 2026.

PT Aneka Tambang Tbk (ANTM) is on the roll, in a bad way. We know that the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) and the Attorney General's Office (AGO) are still carrying out investigations and inquisitions into alleged corruption cases involving the company and...

Government decision to issue Government Regulation (PP) No. 26/2023 concerning Management of Sedimentation Products in the Sea has generated controversy and rejection from many parties. At the heart of the problem was the existence of an article permitting the export of sea sand to foreign countries when sand export activities had been prohibited through a Decree of the Minister of Industry and Trade in 2003, during President Megawati’s administration. Unfortunately, just like many other problems, the purpose of forming the PP as a whole has been sidelined because of the commotion.

Two defendants who gave bribes in a corruption case that rocked the Supreme Court finally listened to the prosecutors’ demands recently. Prosecutors still believe the two men are guilty and asked the Corruption Court to sentence them to eight years and eight years and six months in prison, respectively.

Attorney General’s Office (AGO) has on Wednesday (June 7) seized three plots of land (11.7 hectares) owned by corruption suspect Johnny G Plate (former minister of informatics & communications, secretary general of NasDem Party) in Warloka Village, Komodo sub-district near tourism hotspot Labuan Bajo in West Manggarai, Nusa Tenggara Timur (NTT) province.

The Attorney General’s Office (AGO) made it to the top recently after being reported to be the most trusted law enforcement agency. The praise cannot be separated from the institution’s various achievements in disclosing major cases to the public. Along with the achievement, we know there are a few changes in the institution that didn’t get the spotlight. One of which is the fact the Solicitor General for Military Crimes started handling connectivity cases, cases involving civilian and military elements. We know the importance of this chamber because the military is not immune from various kinds of problems that need to be handled openly. One of the cases in question is the case of alleged corruption in the army (TNI AD) related to the housing savings funds. Suspects in the predicate crime had been found guilty and the AGO began developing the investigation, as a result, two people were named suspects.

The prosecution stage in the case of alleged corruption in the Pemalang regency has come to an end. After over four months of proceedings, the disgraced Regent, Mukti Agung Wibowo, has been found guilty. It is interesting to know how the court stated that parts of the grafts were used to contribute to the United Development Party (PPP). However, the investigation into the case was not over. Recently, the KPK named seven new suspects in a new case of alleged corruption.

The National Long-Term Development Plan (RPJPN) is supposed to be updated in 2025 and should be ratified in 2024, however, because Indonesia will hold the 2024 General and Presidential Elections, the 2025-2045 RPJPN must be completed sooner this year. So far, the Government through the National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas) has targeted to complete the said RPJPN in September 2023 and later, the visions and missions in the plan will become a reference for the Presidential-Vice Presidential candidates in conveying their visions and missions at the General Elections Commission as well as during the campaign period. Will the process go according to plan?

Nurul Ghufron, deputy chief of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), submitted a judicial review in November 2022 and questioned the constitutionality of the norms in the provisions of Art. 29 letter e and the provisions of Art. 34 in Law No. 19/2019 which amended Law No. 30/2002 concerning the Corruption Eradication Commission. This provision limits the age range of the KPK leaders in the election process. Away from the scrutiny of the media, on May 25, 2023, this petition was granted by the Constitutional Court and caused quite a stir. According to some parties, this decision is politically charged. The Constitutional Court is considered to have rendered a decision beyond its authority, especially if this decision is to be applied retroactively. Now, the final decision rests with the Government.