Jakarta, Aug. 3 -- Speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) Ahmad Muzani stated that President Prabowo Subianto's decision to grant abolition to Tom Lembong and amnesty to Hasto Kristiyanto had undergone careful consideration.

"I believe the President has gone through careful consideration regarding the matter," he said when met at the MPR building here on Sunday.

Muzani noted that the granting of legal clemency and amnesty is the President's prerogative as stipulated in the 1945 Constitution.

He also welcomed the decision to grant clemency and amnesty as an effort to maintain harmony and unity.

"I think we should welcome this as part of an effort to strengthen unity, togetherness, and mutual cooperation," he said.

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