What is the abolition of Tom Lembong and Amnesty given to Hasto?

Jakarta -President Prabowo Subianto has suspended former Minister of Trade Tom Lembong and Amnesty at PDIP secretary general Hasto Kristiyanto. What is the meaning of abolition and amnesty? It is known, the government has now prepared the award of amnesty. Of the 44 thousand prisoners, 1,116 people meet the requirements to get amnesty. One is Hasto. “And specifically to what was previously called Mr Hasto, also the Ministry of Rights proposed to the president, along with 1,116 (prisoners who received amnesty) with a variety of considerations we conveyed to the president,” Minister of Law Supratman Andi Eightas said in the DPR on Thursday (7/31/2025). Roll to continue the content, and Tom Lembong also received abolition from Prabowo. In this way, the entire legal process of Tom Lembong was discontinued. “About considering the approval of the Indonesian Parliament regarding the granting of abolition to Brother Tom Lembong,” he said. The removal of the abolition and the abolition of amnesty is the elimination of the legal process of someone who will run/new. Removal is given to individual prisoners. While amnesty is a forgiveness/removal of the punishment given by the head of state to a person/group of people who have committed certain criminal offenses. Amnesty can be given without submitting an application in advance. Article 14 Paragraph 2 of the 1945 Constitution states that those who have the right to offer amnesty and abolition are the president. But by paying attention to the consideration of the DPR. In the emergency legislation number 11 of 1954, it is said that the president, for the interests of the state, can provide amnesty and abolition to those who have committed a criminal act. Article 4 is explained by the award of amnesty, all the consequences of criminal law to people who receive amnesty are abolished. Then the persecution of people who abolish abolition is eliminated. (ISA/JBR)