Hendarsam Marantoko as attorney of the Petitioner submitting the revision to the petition principal for judicial review of the Electronic Information and Transactions (ITE) Law on Tuesday (17/10) in the Plenary Hall of the Constitutional Court Building. Photo by Humas MK/Ganie.

The Constitutional Court (MK) once again held a hearing of to review Law No. 11/2008 on Electronic Information and Transactionsas amended by Law No. 19/2016 on Electronic Information and Transactions (ITE Law) in the Plenary Hall of the Constitutional Court on Tuesday (17 / 10). The case No. 76/PUU-XV/2017 was filed by Habiburokhman, an advocate. In the previous hearing, the Petitioner requested for a material judicial review of Article 28 paragraph (2) and Article 45A paragraph (2) of the ITE Law against Article 1 paragraph (3), Article 28D paragraph (1), Article 28E paragraph (3), and Article 28G paragraph (1) of the 1945 Constitution. 

In the petition revision hearing, Hendarsam Marantoko as attorney of the Petitioner submitted several revisions, one of which is the addition of a new Petitioner, Asma Dewi. Asma has been affected by the ambiguity of the term "intergroups" in the articles being reviewed. 

"The new petitioner is Asma Dewi, currently still detained at the National Police Headquarters since September 8, 2017 for the alleged spread of hate speech dispute through social networking Facebook," Hendarsam explained before the panel of justices led by Constitutional Justice Suhartoyo. 

According to the Petitioner, the term "intergroups" in the a quo articles actually causes uncertainty. In its application, the articles can be interpreted very widely into any group existing in the community, both formal and informal. This has been significantly experienced by the new Petitioners who were added as Petitioner of this case. "Therefore, potential constitutional losses can occur when the word \'intergroups\' in the a quo law is not immediately explained," added Hendarsam, accompanied by the Principal Petitioner. 

At the end of the trial, Constitutional Justice Suhartoyo endorsed additional evidence submitted by the Petitioners. (Sri Pujianti/LA/Yuniar Widiastuti)