PMKRI Hearings with Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court
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Debate on Article 7, paragraph 6A associated fuel prices in the Bill Revenue Expenditure Budget 2012 changes recently approved by the House of Representatives and the government plan will lead to the Constitutional Court. However, according to Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court, Moh. Mahfud MD, examination of these provisions can not be heard by the Court.

"It’s just the law there is no number," Mahfud said on the sidelines of the hearing the Catholic Student Association Executive of the Republic of Indonesia, Tuesday (10/4), in his office. Also present at the meeting, the Secretary-General MK Janedjri M. Gaffar.

In other words, because the law is not legally valid, then the Court could not even hold a hearing to adjudicate the matter as soon as possible. "The case has not actually come in here," he said.

Even so, says Mahfud, if later on this case has been registered, of course, the Court will consider the decision of the Court before which confirms that fuel prices are not left to market mechanisms. In essence, the Court will examine whether the provision is detrimental to the people or not. "We should not be dictated by the market," he said.

According to him, the Court will talk through the decision, so that he could not explain how the attitude of the Court of the chapter tests. Even so, Mahfud emphasized, the Court will always strive to provide the fairest decision. Of course, the case is not independent of the mandate of Article 33 of the Constitution of 1945.

In addition to talking about the fuel price issue, Mahfud also briefly talked of other things associated with audience participants. Of which describes the role and efforts in establishing this Court for judicial institutions as well as clean and transparent cooperation between PMKRI can be done by the Court in terms of socialization of the Constitution and the Constitutional Court in the future.

According to Mahfud, Court has tried to build transparency in a way that as much as possible. One example is the decision of the manuscript submission given to the parties immediately after the verdict was read. "10 minutes could be taken home immediately," he said. In addition, the entire conversation that emerged during the trial and transcribes recorded in the minutes. For this monograph, can be accessed free of charge by the public via the official website of the Constitutional Court, www.mahkamahkonstitusi.go.id. (Dodi / mh/Yazid.tr)


Tuesday, April 10, 2012 | 18:55 WIB 130