JAKARTA (Jurnalislam.com) – Defendant in the blasphemy of Islam case, Basuki Tjahaya Purnama alias Ahok has been prosecuted by the Prosecutor General Prosecutor (JPU). In the hearing of his criminal prosecution held at the Auditorium of the Ministry of Agriculture Building, Ragunan, South Jakarta, Thursday (20/4/2017) the prosecutor sentenced ahok to 1 year imprisonment with a trial period of 2 years.
The prosecution’s decision is based on the legal conclusionthat Ahok has been proven guilty of committing a crime in public view where he expressed feelings of hostility, hatred and humiliation to a class/race/religion in Indonesian society and a second indictment of Article 156 of the Criminal Code.
In addition, the public prosecutor also considered the mitigating and burdensome grounds for this prosecution. The incriminating reasons, the defendant’s actions have disturbed the community so much and caused misunderstandings/problems/suffering among the people of Indonesia The defendant is said to have passed this legal process/journey well, ‘being polite in nature avid in the development of Jakarta, and claimed to have become more humanitarian’.
Responding to the prosecutor’s judgement, Coordinator of the GNPF MUI trial Nasrulloh Nasution expressed his disappointment to the prosecutor who did not charge Ahok with actual blasphemy (in accordance to Islamic law)
“The prosecutor has described that Ahok is guilty of mocking Islam, but Article 156 of the Criminal Code is not supposed to be Article 156a letter a of the Criminal Code,” he said after attending the hearing.
He also condemned the prosecutor who did not demand maximum sentence for Ahok, according to the provisions of Article 156a letter a of the Criminal Code the maximum threat is 5 years in prison while Article 156 of the Criminal Code is 4 years in prison.
“With the imprisonment of 1 year imprisonment with a trial period of 2 years, it means that Ahok will not run his sentence in prison, but ony required to report for 2 years,” explained Nasrulloh.
“Not only that, the demands of Article 156 of the Criminal Code with a threat of 4 years will be used as a pretext Kemendagri not to dismiss Ahok”, said this GNPF MUI Advocacy Team.
Reporter: HK
Translator: Taznim
