Existence of Attorney as Lawyer in Civil and State Administration Cases

One of the important institutions that associated with law enforcement in Indonesia is Attorney. Attorney occupies a central and strategic function in the process of law enforcement. As government agency, Attorney implements state power in the prosecution as well as other authority under Law. Based on the duties and authority in the Attorney Act article 30 paragraph (2), it then come out the term " State Attorney ", a translation of Landsadvocaat Article 3 version of Staatblaad 1922 No. 522 that called " State Attorney " (Jaksa Pengacara Negara/JPN). In fact, the term is not explicitly set either by Act No. 16 of 2004 on the Attorney of the Republic of Indonesia and the Presidential Decree No. 38 of 2010 on the Attorney Structure and Administration of Republic of Indonesia. Therefore it is necessary to formulate the Attorney act made by Parliament with involving constitutional law expert as input, as the affirmation of Attorney authority different fields of civil and state administration, state Attorneys Attorney as well as the State Attorney’s Office.