Urgensi Pemberlakuan Indirect Evidence pada Penanganan Perkara Kartel di Indonesia

Abstract

Kelangkaan dan harga minyak goreng yang tinggi menjadi masalah pelik sejak akhir tahun 2021 dan berlanjut sampai dengan pertengahan 2022. Harga minyak goreng melambung tinggi dengan peningkatan sebesar empat puluh persen dari tahun sebelumnya pada bulan Januari 2022. Pada saat itu, harga kelapa sawit mentah juga mengalami kenaikan yang mendorong perusahaan kelapa sawit untuk mengekspor ketimbang memenuhi kebutuhan dalam negeri. Hasil kajian yang dilakukan penulis menyatakan bahwa industri rantai pasokan minyak sawit didominasi oleh perusahaan besar dengan kontribusi petani rakyat sangat minim. Hal ini berujung kepada adanya praktik kartel dan penentuan harga oleh perusahaan kelapa sawit tersebut. Penulis memberikan rekomendasi kebijakan bahwa perlu adanya perbaikan pada peraturan perundang-undangan di Indonesia untuk mengatasi praktik kartel dan penentuan harga melalui pengaturan mengenai bukti tidak langsung.

Indirect Evidence in Disclosing Cartel Violations Under Business Competition Law in Indonesia

“…In this way, one piece of evidence is fulfilled, namely evidence of indication. This evidence needs to be corroborated by other evidence, for example, expert testimony (Mahayunan et al, 2023). The presentation regarding the legal considerations for the cooking oil cartel case by KPPU above, when viewed from the perspective of justice and legal certainty, it can be concluded that KPPU has acted fairly towards the general public who have been harmed by the price of cooking oil which remains expensive even though world CPO prices have fallen by giving a guilty verdict against the reported party and imposed administrative sanctions that should have been supported by the decisions of the District Court and the Supreme Court because KPPU is more detailed in placing or analyzing cartel cases where proving the articles must use the rule of reason approach, which means that for cartel cases themselves it is difficult to prove with direct evidence/written evidence.…”

“…`In this cooking oil cartel case, the Supreme Court as the judex juris only examines the application of the law by KPPU to case No. 24/KPPUI/2009 concerning Cooking Oil Cartel (Mahayunan et al, 2023). The Indonesian Competition Supervisory Commission (KPPU) uses indirect evidence to prove cartel behavior, particularly in cases without written agreements.…”