Act No.38/2008 on the Ratification of the Charter of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN Charter) does not conflict with the 1945 Constitution because it does not prove the ASEAN Charter to be the cause of rising unemployment, does not absorb domestic products, as well as the defeat of national competitiveness. This was conveyed by Erman Rajagukguk as Government Experts in the trial testing of the laws that held the Constitutional Court (MK) on Tuesday (20 / 9) at the Plenary Court Room. The petitioners of this case, among them the Institute for Social Justice Society, the Society INFID, Farmers Alliance Indonesia (API), Indonesian Farmers Union (SPI), KIARA Association, the National Front for Indonesian Workers Struggle (FNPBI), the Indonesian Association for Migrant Workers Independent (Migrant Care ), the Association of Women’s Small Business Assistance (ASPPUK), Salamuddin, Dani Setiawan, and Haris Rusly.

"According to BPS data, Indonesia unemployment actually decreased rather than increased. In my opinion, unemployment is now quite large will continue to be overcome if the government can provide jobs. Jobs can grow if our domestic industry could grow as well. The growth of domestic industry, I argue that Indonesia has sufficient capital to build industries and industrial markets are open due to international trade that is run Indonesia. So there is still unemployment in Indonesia is the existence of factors in our own country we must improve, not because of the Charter Treaty Association of Southeast Asian Nations, "Erman said in front of the judges of the Constitutional Court, chaired by the Chairman of the Constitutional Court, Moh. Mahfud MD.

Erman also denied Petitioners’ argument that states are not due to absorption of domestic products of ASEAN charter. According to Erman, some domestic products are not absorbed because the price is high and foreign markets are declining because of the economic crisis in the Americas and Europe. "High product prices was caused by the weakness of our infrastructure, like roads and inadequate power, and high-cost economy that I mentioned earlier, not a Covenant Charter of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations," he said.

Meanwhile, the defeat of national competitiveness, Erman said that rising unemployment and high product prices that led to the defeat of national competitiveness, not because of the ASEAN Charter. "From the point of Economic Analysis of Law, I conclude that signed the Charter of The Association of South East Nations, organizers and associations of the nations of Southeast Asia, and bilateral agreements with other countries in the field of foreign trade, more benefits than its badness to the Indonesian economy, and welfare of the people of Indonesia. Therefore, I would argue also that the Law No. 2008 on Ratification of a Charter of The Association of South East Nations, does not conflict with the Constitution of 1945, "he explained.

While other government experts, Arianto A. Patunru suggested that the ASEAN Charter happens because there are several issues that require cooperation to overcome them. The main issues for ASEAN, continued Arianto, including economic issues, issues of regional production network migration to food security and energy. "Asean needs to look outward rather than inward. Meaning what? Asean alone, 10 countries now, it’s integration into the countries of East Asia. So we do not just see the Asean, but ASEAN itself is important to be geographically co-ordination in countries that are close together to be able to utilize a larger forum of Asia, or East Asia. And this is important, especially now with a look at what happened in the U.S. and EU, so that issues such as social safety nets, such as food security, energy security, it is important to be coordinated together. And Indonesia has a very important position due to chance Indonesia is now the leader of Asean, "he explained. (Lulu Anjarsari / mh/Yazid.tr)