Chairman MK Moh. Mahfud MD during a visit of Post-Graduate Students of Gadjah Mada University who visited the Constitutional Court on Wednesday (25 / 5) on the 8th Floor of Court Building
Jakarta, MKOnline - Constitutional Court (MK) Chairman, Moh. Mahfud MD reveals he preferred being called a graduate of Air Langgar or Islamic boarding school. This was conveyed to answering questions from one of the Postgraduate Students of Gadjah Mada University who visited the Constitutional Court on Wednesday (25/5).
"I do not want and I do not like to mention (alma mater) because it was too fancy. I myself prefer to call as a graduate of Air Langgar. The water which is beside it consists of many surau (small mosque). Langgar is Islamic boarding school," he explained in front of UGM students who offended with the statement of one political party cadre on Mahfud alma mater.
Mahfud regretted the expression of attacking him personally, especially about his alma mater. "Talk's only about the case, but even so it infiltrate to the private sphere and bring alma mater," he explained.
Responding to another question about the case which is being rolled, Mahfud said that he had done a deal with President Yudhoyono to open on bribery committed by Nazaruddin to the Secretary-General MK Janedjri M. Gaffar. "Mr SBY who asked me to open the case, but on condition that his party cadres did not comment. Then, now its cadres to attack me, I do not feel protected. Though the deal at that time that its cadres did not comment, I would not have opened so far. I mean, I open it if I had reported on Mr Yudhoyono in November 2010, " he explained.
On that occasion, it also attended as a speaker, Constitutional Justice Muhammad Alim. He describes the powers and duties of the Constitutional Court in accordance with Article 24C Paragraph (1) of the 1945 Constitution, including reviewing the laws against the 1945 Constitution, to decide disputes the authority of state institutions whose authorities are granted by the 1945 Constitution, the authority to decide the dissolution of political parties, and decide on disputes over general election results.
"The authority to review laws against the 1945 Constitution is a sign that Indonesia adopts democracy and the rule of law as well, because the law is a political product. That is, the law created by politicians, namely the Parliament with the approval of the President. Because of the possibility of protrusion of the political interests of one particular faction in the DPR, which is not impossible to violate the 1945 Constitution, it gave an authority on the Court as the guardian, interpreter and enforcer of constitution. This is one feature of state law; the judiciary that is free and impartial, “he explained.
Meanwhile, the authority to decide the dissolution of political parties is the only authority that has not been implemented by the Court. "As it was known, President Soekarno told to disperse Masyumi, while PKI was dissolved by President Soeharto. The dissolution of political parties based solely on political power, but now the dissolution of political parties must be filed by the Government to the Court for trial to prove that political parties have ideologies that are contrary to the 1945 Constitution, "he said. (Lulu Anjarsari/Yazid/mh/Yazid.tr)
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