Jakarta, Aug. 1 -- The House of Representatives (DPR) has said that clemencies and amnesties granted by President Prabowo Subianto are within his Constitutional authority and must not be viewed as an attempt to interfere in the legal process.

"We believe that President Prabowo did not intend to interfere with our law enforcers' work. The President decided to address legal and political issues within Constitutional limits," DPR Commission III chair Habiburokhman said in written remarks on Friday.

Habiburokhman, whose commission oversees law enforcement, made the remarks in response to the recent clemency granted to former minister Thomas Lembong and the amnesty awarded to Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) secretary general ...