Comparison Of Prosecutorial Authority In Investigation Between The Indonesian Model And The French Direction De L’enquête

Lanai Dam Kuba; Try Mulya Naposo Siregar

doi:10.63922/ijevss.v5i03.4570

Lanai Dam Kuba Faculty of Law, Universitas Bengkulu, Indonesia.
Try Mulya Naposo Siregar Faculty of Law, Universitas Bengkulu, Indonesia.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.63922/ijevss.v5i03.4570

Keywords: Dominus Litis, Investigation, Public Prosecutor, Direction de l’Enquête, Comparative Law.

Abstract

Abstract This research examines the juridical problem concerning the position of the Public Prosecutor as controller of investigations within Indonesia’s criminal justice system, a position that tends to be merely nominal. Although the principle of dominus litis is recognized doctrinally, the implementation of the Principle of Functional Differentiation in the Code of Criminal Procedure (KUHAP) (including Law No. 20 of 2025) often reduces the Prosecutor’s role to that of a mere case-file examiner, which results in coordination inefficiency with police investigators. This research aims to analyze the comparison between Indonesia’s model of investigation control and France’s Direction de l’Enquête model in order to formulate an ideal functional relationship. The research method employed is normative juridical, using a comparative approach and a statute approach. The findings show that Article 41 of the French Code de Procédure Pénale grants the Procureur de la République explicit instructional authority to direct the judicial police, in contrast to Indonesia, which remains trapped within pre-prosecution bureaucratic barriers. The research concludes by advocating a regulatory reconstruction in Indonesian criminal procedural law that adopts the element of prosecutorial centrality in order to realize a more accountable and effective integrated criminal justice system. Keywords: Dominus Litis, Investigation, Public Prosecutor, Direction de l’Enquête, Comparative Law.

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