Obituary In Memoriam: Prof. Dr. Harun Al Rasyid, S.H. Prof. Dr. Harun Al Rasyid, S.H., has passed away on Tuesday, 12 August 2014. At the age of 84, the late Professor Harun is a staunch figure of Indonesian Constitutional Law. Throughout his life, Prof. Harun was a man who devoted himself to the scientific…
Supreme Court Court Extends Application of Civil Wrongdoing to Government Officials The Supreme Court (MA) penalized the Corruption Eradication Commission (Komisi Pemberantasan Korupsi/KPK) to pay 100 million Rupiah for their wrong doing related to the confiscation process of Syarifuddin Umar, former judge, who was convicted for bribery. The decision has two significant implications. First,…
Legal Discourse The Harrowing Realities of Being in Police Custody Azwar, a suspect of the Jakarta International School (JIS) sexual harassment case was found dead in the Metro Jaya Regional Police toilet on 26 April 2014. During the inspection, Azwar asked permission to go to the toilet and five minutes later he was found lifeless.…
Constitutional Court Constitutional Court Judge Selections and Politician Nominees The Constitutional Court will have new judges in upcoming months. The selection process at the Parliament has already started and has managed to obtain 12 candidates. The next step, based on unconstitutional Law No. 4 Year 2014 on Election Models, is the establishing of a…
Parliament The Dismissal of Pasek Last Monday (13/01), the House of Representatives Secretariat received a letter from the Democrat Party which contains the interim dismissal of I Gede Pasek Swardika, a member of the House of Representatives from the mentioned political party. According to the party’s spokesperson, Pasek conduct is violating the party’s integrity pact…
Constitutional Court Supreme Court Justice Elections: A New Challenge for the Judicial Commission On Thursday, 9 January 2014, the Constitutional Court read Verdict No. 27/PUU-XI/2-13 which examines the article associated with Supreme Court Justice Elections in Law No. 3 Year 2009 on the Supreme Court and Law No. 18 Year 2011 on the Amendment on…
Law Reform Weekly Digest – your weekly updates on Indonesian law reform | Two weeks after the arrest of the Chief Judge of the Constitutional Court Akil Mochtar by KPK in an alleged bribery scandal, President SBY issued Government Regulation in Lieu of Law No.1 Year 2013 (Peraturan Pemerintah Pengganti Undang-Undang (PERPPU) No.1 Tahun 2013). This PERPPU is the second amendment of the Law on Constitutional Court.
Berdasarkan Pasal 24A ayat (3) UUD 1945, DPR terlibat dalam pemilihan pejabat publik (dalam hal ini hakim agung). Kuasa itu makin kentara dan melembaga setelah UU Mahkamah Agung dan UU Komisi Yudisial mengatur lebih spesifik peran DPR. Meski demikian, ada aspek yang seakan abai dalam pelaksaan peran DPR itu sehingga mengurangi kualitas pemilihan pejabat, yaitu…
Komisi III DPR RI berniat menunda proses uji kelayakan dan kepatutan atau fit and proper test terhadap 12 calon hakim agung yang diajukan Komisi Yudisial. Alasannya, KY tidak memenuhi permintaan Mahkamah Agung untuk mengisi kekosongan 5 orang hakim agung, yang berarti KY harus mengajukan 15 calon hakim agung ke DPR (3 kali jumlah lowongan). DPR bersikap hanya…