Judge Maria Farida Indrati receives visit of fifty students and faculty in the Graduate Program of the Faculty of Law, University of Indonesia, Monday (3/06/2013) at the Constitutional Court (MK). The group participated in a number of foreign students who participate in education Graduate Program Faculty of Law.

In his presentation, Maria describes the authority of the Court to examine the Act toward the Basic Law (Constitution), decided election result and the regional head election, state agencies the authority to resolve disputes, dissolution of political parties and presidential impeachment.

Professor of the Faculty of Law was explained to the students, in the handling of an Act, the Court always tell the House of Representatives (DPR) and the President as the former Act and notify the Supreme Court (MA) related case law that is being tested in the Constitutional Court to stop its investigation until the Court provide testing verdicts against the Act, notice is intended to MA head of legal certainty for the MA in handling cases related to the law that is being tested by the Court. Maria disclosed, the Court at this time to be no formal educational institutions of the young lawyers in the litigation, and many of them are stand-alone after having experience in MK.

Participants answered questions regarding one of the candidates for the legislature or any local chief who stuck with separatist movements in the region, she responded, if it is not addressed by the Act do not look for cases, the answer is Maria laughter from the participants. Confirms, in its decision the Court also declared former member of the Communist Party of Indonesia (PKI) or any child of former PKI members can still run for the legislature or the head area.

Alluding to the decision of the Court in the matter of election, Mary describes is common if there are angry about the decision of the Constitutional Court in a dispute over the election, and is usually made by the losing party in the trial. Still on the election, Maria said, now many are questioning the applicant’s implementation of the election process, and only a few who questioned the violations in the vote count.

Surakarta-born woman expressed it, the Court has just decided the election dispute in which the petitioners complained Palembang penghitngan error sound. Described by him, in the election dispute that the petitioners complained Palembang difference six votes considered to be engineered, after the Court conduct a recount of the ballot box to bring in the trial, found that the applicant actually winning 23 votes.

Asked about the decision of the Constitutional Court against the ultra petita authority of the Judicial Commission (KY) to oversee the Constitutional Court judges declared unconstitutional by the Constitutional Court, according to the Constitutional Court judges are judges too, should also be supervised by the JC, but it is the decision of the Court which would be made. Maria confirmed the Court does not have the authority to order other agencies to execute the decision of the Constitutional Court; however, any decision of the Court must be obeyed and run by all agencies and the public, because the decision of the Court is final and binding. (Ilham / mh)