CONSTITUTION IS A RESULTANTE
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Constitution is a resultante, a result of citizens agreement, which is created according to political, economic, social, and cultural conditions when its made.
It was the introductory of General Class stated by a Constitutional Justice, Moh. Mahfud MD, in front of students of Law Faculty Janabadra University, Yogyakarta, when they visited the Constitusional Court, Monday (4/21).
Resultante could be replaced by a new resultante, through the amendment of the Constitution. “So that, we do not have to be allergic about the changes (of the Constitution),” Mahfud stated.
The substance of the Constitution, Mahfud added, did not have to follow doctrine nor theory nor a state system run in a country. “State law is anything stated in the constitution of a country”, he explained.
Mahfud gave an example, the Constitusional Court is a result of a new resultante on 1945 Constitution. “The Constitusional Court was born based on third amendment of 1945 Constitution,” he mentioned. (Wiwik Budi Wasito/ Kencana Suluh Hikmah)


Monday, April 21, 2008 | 15:25 WIB 399