AGO: President should name new Attorney General soon

The Attorney General's Office is expecting President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to name the new Attorney General as soon as possible.

“But if the President chooses not to [name the new Attorney General] soon, it's his prerogative,” Babul Khoir Harahap, the AGO spokesman, said Tuesday as quoted by tempointeraktif.com.

Babul made the statement while speaking over the legal proceedings against two Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) deputy chairmen Bibit Samad Rianto and Chandra M. who are accused of blackmail and abuse of power.

AGO has said that it was not decided whether to halt legal proceedings for the sake of public welfare in a process referred to as deponeering, or to allow the case to enter court.

Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) deputy chairmen Bibit Samad Rianto and Chandra M. Hamzah’s legal woes began when bribery convict Anggodo Widjojo accused the pair of abusing their power and blackmailing his brother, fugitive graft suspect Anggoro Widjojo.