The entire content of Articles in Act No.3/1992 about Workers Social Insurance – a State Enterprise running on providing Insurance service to civil servants and public – (Act on Social Inurance) was brought to be reviewed at the Constitutional Court. The Petitioner for the case No. 47/PUU-VI/2008 was Bernard Samuel Sumarauw. “All Articles in the Act on Social Insurance was a copy of my work,” revealed Bernard after the second trial for the case he pleaded, Wednesday (7/1), at the Constitutional Court s Building.

On July 2, 1990; The Petitioner was entitled a copyright on his writing about Private Social Card (Priscard), a social security card. He, then, tried to socialize the program to many private banking institutions such as, Indonesian International Bank and to related Government Institutions. “However, until now, Priscard program remains only a piece of writing, because it has been taken by the Workers Social Insurance,” complained Bernard.  Therefore, Bernard wished the Court to state the Act to lose its binding legal power.

When the Act on Social Insurance was announced, the stipulation in Article 6 Paragraph (1) had imitated the Petitioner s Priscard program which included Life Insurance Fund, Medical & Hospitalization Fund, Specialized Personal Doctor Consultation and Medication Fund, Credit Payment Fund, Temporary Income Substitution / Redundancy Fund, Property Loss Fund, Scholarship Fund, Retirement Fund, Travel Package Fund, Legal Fund, Burial Fund. (Kencana Suluh Hikmah)

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Translated by Yogi Djatnika / CCRI