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Birth of the Constitutional Court (MK) begins with the amendment of the 1945 Constitution. "As many as four times of the amendment to the Constitution of 1945 had been done, from 1999 to 2002. In the third amendment of the 1945 Constitution there had been new institutes, one of them was Constitutional Court," said the Head of Research, Assessment and Case Library, H. Wiryanto to the high school students I Diponegoro, Jakarta who come to the Constitutional Court on Friday (22/3) afternoon.

Told Wiryanto, Indonesia is the 78th nation that formed Constitutional Court and also the first in the world in the 21st century. On August 13, 2003, the President of Indonesia passed Law no. 24/2003 on the Constitutional Court.

"Then on August 13, 2003 set as the day of birth of the Constitutional Court," said Nurhay Abdurahman accompanied by Wiryanto, Vice Principal Curriculum Affairs of SMA Diponegoro Jakarta.

Wiryanto also describes the sense of the Constitution as a set of rules or laws that contain provisions for the foundation of a nation. Therefore, the rule or law contained in the constitution set things very basic of a country.

"The Constitution can be the basis of the written law, commonly called the Constitution, and can also be unwritten," said Wiryanto.

The Constitution generally contains material agreements made by the state, including an agreement on the goals or ideals shared; agreement on the rule of law as the foundation of the government; agreement on the form of institutional and constitutional procedures.

"The purpose of Indonesia mentioned in the Preamble of the 1945 Constitution which protect all the people of Indonesia and the entire country of Indonesia, promoting the general welfare, the intellectual life of the nation and participate in the establishment of a world order based on freedom, abiding peace and social justice," said Wiryanto

 

Authority and Duties of the Court

Further Wiryanto explaining the Court authority and obligation as mentioned in Article 24C (1) and (2) of the 1945 Constitution in Article 10 of the Constitutional Court. The Court authority to hear at the first and last decision is final in the law against the Constitution; decide disputes authority of state institutions whose authority granted by the Constitution. "The authority of the Court next, dissolution of political parties, to decide disputes about the election results," said Wiryanto to the students. 

In addition, continued Wiryanto, MK has the obligation to give judgment on the opinion of the House that the President and / or Vice-President is alleged to have violated an act of treason, corruption, bribery, or other serious criminal misconduct, and / or no longer meets the requirements as President and / or Vice President as stipulated in the 1945 Constitution. (Nano Tresna Arfana / mh) 

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