Plenary hearing of petition revision of judicial review of the Supreme Court Law, Tuesday (3/10) in the Courtroom of the Constitutional Court. Photo by Humas MK/Ganie.

The hearing of material judicial review of Article 69 of Law No. 3/2009 on the Supreme Court was held by the Constitutional Court (MK), Tuesday (3/10). The hearing of Case No. 69/PUU-XV/2017 was to hear the petition revision.

Donny Christian Langgar, the Petitioner, attended without attorney. He revised the Petitioner’s legal standing as plaintiff in a civil case. He hopes that the Court will interpret Article 69 of the Supreme Court Law analogically. “So the Supreme Court Law must be interpreted analogically so that the legal analogy can be understood not only implicitly,” he said in the session led by Constitutional Justice Saldi Isra.

The Petitioner reviews the provisions of Article 69 of the Supreme Court Law that set the time limitation of judicial review, which is 180 days. The Petitioner expects that the Constitutional Court interpret the deliberation provision related to the article so that the litigants would not have to file a petition for a judicial review and resolve it through deliberation.

Donny said that he was denied participation in the development of the national law because of the enactment of the a quo article. In addition, he also feels restricted from improving quality of life because he cannot exercise the law through public courts to escape poverty. The Petitioner claimed to have been a litigant in the Supreme Court (MA) and has received verdict No. 151/E/05/979 K/PDT/04. However, the Petitioner did not explain the details of his case. (ARS/LA/Yuniar Widiastuti)