Group of faculty and students of Education Department of Citizenship (Civics), University of Education Indonesia (UPI), Bandung was honored encounter with the Vice Chairman of the Constitutional Court (MK), Achmad Sodiki, Friday (11/5). Encounter took place when about 150 people that UPI faculty and students during a visit to the Constitutional Court as well as the opportunity to get exposure to the material directly from Sodiki. UPI students were drawn to ask questions to Sodiki question and answer session.

Starting material exposure, Sodiki thanked for faculty and student groups wishing to visit the Civic UPI MK. "Thank you for coming because it is the Constitutional Court as a relatively new institution requires you to perform various authorities on the introduction of the Constitutional Court," said Sodiki modestly.

Sodiki then describes the functions and authority of the Constitutional Court, the judge at the first and last a final decision is to review act toward the 1945 Constitution, deciding authority dispute of state institutions whose authorities are granted by the Constitution 1945 (SKLN), decided the dissolution of political parties, to decide disputes election results (PHPU). Sodiki also explained that the Constitutional Court also has one obligation, namely to give a decision against the opinion of the House about the alleged serious violations of the law that made the president or vice president (vice president).

Of all the powers and obligations of the Constitutional Court, Sodiki stated there is only one authority and one duty only that the Court has not been done. "Of all the powers and duties, which the Court has never done the dissolution of political parties and the trial court granting judgment to the opinion of the House about the alleged serious violations of law committed or vice president," said Sodiki.

In addition to the Constitutional Court about the authority and obligation, Sodiki also expressed about the composition of constitutional justice. With a quiet, Sodiki explain to students that the constitutional judges in the Court of nine people. The nine constitutional justices came from the three "taps", three people appointed by the president, three elected by the Supreme Court (MA), and three others were elected by the House of Representatives (DPR).

"I myself was appointed by the president along with two other constitutional judges, namely Maria Farida Indrati and Hamdan Zoelva. Then selected by the Supreme Court were Mr. Muhammad Alim, Ahmad Fadlil Sumadi, and Anwar Usman. While those elected by the Parliament, Deputy Chief Justice Mr. Moh. Mahfud MD, Akil Mochtar, and Harjono. Each election is different ways," added Sodiki.

Then explain that the constitutional judges Sodiki maximum 70-year-old. As he jokingly said to be a judge Sodiki constitution should indeed people who are young, as a constitutional judge tiring. "For the trial PHPU could even morning till night. Well, my brothers and I would expect you could replace us all," Sodiki hope and greeted by amen chorus of greeting from the students. (Yusti Nurul Agustin/mh/Yazid.tr)