Legal Literacy - Learn about dismissal of charges (seponering) and the principle of expediency in Indonesian criminal law. Seponering is the implementation of the principle of expediency that allows the Attorney General to terminate a case in the public interest. Also, learn about the considerations for discontinuing prosecution and the exclusive authority of the Prosecutor in the criminal justice process. Discover more information about the objective and responsible use of seponering tools.

According to Article 1 number 1 of Law Number 11 of 2021 concerning Amendments to Law Number 16 of 2004 concerning the Attorney General's Office of the Republic of Indonesia, it is explained that the Attorney General's Office of the Republic of Indonesia, hereinafter referred to as the Attorney General's Office, is a government institution whose function is related to judicial power that exercises state power in the field of prosecution and authority others based on law.

The Attorney General's Office, in carrying out its functions related to judicial power, is carried out independently. The arrangement of the Attorney General's Office's functions related to judicial power needs to be strengthened as a foundation for institutional position and strengthening the duties and functions of the Attorney General's Office.

In exercising state power in the field of Prosecution, the authority of the Attorney General's Office to determine whether a case can or cannot be submitted to the Court is important in balancing between applicable rules (rechtmatigheid) and interpretations based on the purpose or principle of expediency (doelmatigheid) in the criminal justice process. And one of the authorities possessed by a Prosecutor that is no less important is the principle of opportunity.