Lawmaker Nasir Jamil says it is unlikely that the Attorney General's Office (AGO) change its decision to terminate the legal proceedings against two Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) deputies.
Prosecutors announced the decision to terminate legal proceedings, called deponeering, in October.
The new attorney general appointed last month, Basrief Arief, has yet to formally hand down the decision.
Deponeering is chosen as a legal remedy if a case's prosecution could cause public unrest.
"I think that the attorney general does not dare to step back [from the decision] on deponeering," Nasir said after a hearing with the new attorney general.
Stepping back from the decision, he added, would "push prosecutors further down".
Public trust in prosecutors have waned after certain prosecutors, such as Cirus Sinaga and Fadli Regan, became implicated in high-profile legal cases.
He added that letting the case proceed to court would enable KPK deputies, Bibit Samad Rianto and Chandra M. Hamzah, to have their status legally decided upon.
Nasir said deponeering did not erase the legal status of the KPK deputies.
Bibit and Chandra were accused of abusing power and blackmailing a graft suspect. (gzl)
