UNAIR NEWS – Ely Kusumastuti must be proud. The woman born in Tegal (Central Java) has successfully graduated from the doctoral program and named the best graduate for Doctoral Program Faculty of Law (FH) Universitas Airlangga.

The functional prosecutor at Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), graduated with 3.83 GPA. For her, this achievement was a gift, because in the midst of her busy schedule she can manage the time between her work and her study in Surabaya.

“The biggest obstacle that I experienced was to manage the time and concentration between office work and college assignment, especially when working on the dissertation,” said the former functional prosecutor of Prosecutor’s Office in Demak (Central Java).

As a judicial practitioner, Ely Kusumastuti is no stranger to legal products. When she saw a legal issue that can be used as a dissertation, then she studied it carefully. Her research was titled ” Determination of Suspect as a Pretrial Object”.

The topic was pretrial philosophical foundation, ratio decidendi pretrial decision related to the suspects determination, on behalf of Budi Gunawan and ratio decidendi of pretrial judgment on behalf of Suroso Atmomartoyo, ratio decidendi of MKRI Number: 21 / PUU-XII / 2014.

“I chose the title because since the verdict, the background of this research is the legal uncertainty after the Decision of the Constitution of Republic of Indonesia Number: 21 / PUU-XII / 2014 dated April 28, 2015 which has added the object of pre-trial with the determination of suspects, seizures, and searches,” added Ely to news.unair.ac.id.  

After four years of doctoral education, the alumnus of Diponegoro University of Semarang, in the future, wanted to be active in teaching at Attorney General’s Office, as well as in other places while writing and researching things related to his work as law enforcement.

“For those who take doctoral degree, should really focus and keep the spirits. Do not neglect or procrastinate, especially during a dissertation. Because you will usually lose the spirit and have to learn again from the beginning, “said Ely. (*)

Author: Pradita Desyanti.

Editor: Feri Fenoria Rifai.