Monday (16 / 1), the Constitutional Court (MK) got a lot of visits. One group visited the Constitutional Court, which was from Dr. Soetomo University of Surabaya. It located at the Press Conference Room 4th Floor; the students get exposure to the material of the researcher and the staff of the Constitutional Court Chief Justice, Abdul Ghoffar. Abdul explained Ghoffar Indonesian state administration system and an overview of the authority of the Constitutional Court. 

On that occasion Ghoffar said that before the reform of Indonesia has an authoritarian leader. In fact, Soeharto could become president until 32 years. Both Sukarno and Suharto had "overthrow" of power. It shows people disappointment to authoritarianism against two leaders of the nation at that time. 

However, according to Ghoffar it was not entirely wrong when the leaders of Indonesia who became authoritarian. Indonesia before the reform of state administration Sisitim has loopholes that allow Indonesia to be an authoritarian leader. "That is why our constitutional system as it allows us to be an authoritarian leader must be changed," said Ghoffar.

Ghoffar continued that if the first sovereignty in the people and fully mandated to the Assembly, after the reform mandate from the people must be made on the basis of the 1945 Constitution.

MK was born as a theory of democracy has a congenital defect. That is, right or wrong in a democracy if the majority may be correct. So to "cure" a congenital defect, the Court existed. 

Responding to a question one of the students, Ghoffar also said it needed to be controlled. One that controls the Constitutional Court is the people. However, Ghoffar said that actually have nothing to fear with how great the power of the judiciary, including the Constitutional Court. The Court does not have any money or weapons to be authoritarian. "In fact, after the decision of the Constitutional Court if there is not carrying out the verdict, the Court can not do anything. That’s because the Court does not have eksekutorial institutions. The applicant himself who must fight for the Constitutional Court ruling that held "explained Ghoffar. 

Furthermore Ghoffar said that as the state judiciary system, the Court has a hearing function norm. The function is realized with the powers of the Constitutional Court, which is authorized to examine the Act against the 1945 Constitution, authorized to decide disputes between state agencies, authorities deciding upon the election including elections, authorized to decide upon the dissolution of political parties, and the authority to make recommendations at the request of the House to dismiss the president when proven to violate the constitution. (Yusti Nurul Agustin / mh/Yazid.tr)