TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Firman Wijaya, lawyer of electronic ID card (e-KTP) graft suspect Setya Novanto, said that Setya will file challenge his suspect naming at court. According to Firman, Setya’s legal team is currently planning the legal action.
He views that the suspect naming against his client is illegal. “There is always a possibility to file a pretrial lawsuit,” Firman told Tempo on Tuesday, July 18.
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Firman revealed that he had discussed the move with Setya. In the discussion, he said that the suspect naming letter should be studied. Therefore, he will request the Setya’s suspect naming letter before filing the pretrial lawsuit. He added that the KPK must logically prove its allegation if Setya Novanto had misused his authority.
When the e-KTP project was rolled out, Setya served as a House member in the period of 2009-2014. Setya served as chairman of the Functional Group (Golkar) Party.
KPK chief Agus Rahardjo said that his institution would be ready to face the pretrial lawsuit. Agus asserted that the KPK has strong evidence to name Setya Novanto as a suspect in the graft case.
DANANG FIRMANTO