Law enforcement is increasingly chaotic in Indonesia because the number
of black advocates is more dominant. The conclusion was disclosed by Chairman
of Yap Thiam Hien Foundation cum General Chairman of the Indonesian Advocate
Association (IKadin) Todung Mulya Lubis in the centennial celebration of Yap
Tiam Hien and the release of book “Yap Thiem Hien: Trans-Nation Fighter “in
Jakarta some time ago. Mulya said that the poor law enforcement is not
attributable fully to rampant violation frequently committed by law enforcement
apparatuses, such as judget and prosecutor but also black advocates playing in
the circle of law mafia (www.suarapembaruan.com, 24/5/2013).
The existence of black advocates in Indonesia has been disclosed
frequently. In social network media, advocates often appearing at the court to
defend corrupters are linked to the black advocates as meant by Mulya. It’s
logic if there is a worry about law enforcement amid the presence of advocates
tending to justify all methods in defending their clients. It’s logic too if
there is a cynical question about contribution of advocates to development and
anti-corruption movement. Surely the worry felt by Mulya is also our worry.
Law enforcement is any of the factors influencing the quality of
democracy and development of a nation, including Indonesia. In this position,
advocates play a quite important role so that we need to put note on the conclusion
of senior advocate Todung Mulya Lubis. However, black advocates, amid the
rising number, constitute a concrete threat against Indonesia people because
law constitutes estuary of the national and state issues. If law enforcement is
poor, the whole national and state orders would be bad.
Poor law enforcement is any of the serious issues encountering
Indonesia. The reality later implies on politics, economy and others. Rampant
actions of people to bring law to their own hand constitute an issues triggered
by the loss of public trust to law enforcers. In this point, the conclusion is
true. Law could only be enforced by integrity, honest and impartial
apparatuses. Numerous black advocates operating in court room become a factor
impeding just law enforcement. The condition gets worst when the black
advocates have specific relations with prosecutors and judges.
Black advocate constitutes a reality explaining phenomenon of demented
defense for clients so that the discharge of the clients from legal sanction
becomes the only goal. With the expectation, an advocate tends to excuse all
methods to release his/her client from legal sanction. It’s estuary of the
whole unfairness and manipulation of law. Surely an advocate could not work
without support of prosecutor and judged. True justice is impossible to
materialize if the court has become a colony of the poor law enforcers.
The conclusion of Mulya should be interpreted as a slap in the face of
advocates cum appeal to introspect and return to the route of struggle for
seeking justice properly and honorably. Advocate is a noble position as noble
as the law. Indeed, advocate is a noble position as noble as the law. Indeed,
advocate is obliged to seek justice for his/her client but he/she is also bound
to moral and professional obligation to enforce law.
Jakarta, May 31, 2013
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