Court Archivist Kasiman welcoming the students of Information and Documents Management Program Study of University of Indonesia’s Vocational Education Program on Monday afternoon (19/11) in the Delegation Room. Photo by Humas MK/Ifa.

Constitutional Court Archivist Kasiman welcomed 63 students of Information and Documents Management Program Study of University of Indonesia’s Vocational Education Program on Monday afternoon (19/11/2018) in the Delegation Room. 

“We hope that after this visit to the Constitutional Court, the students will be making a paper on the authorities and functions of the Constitutional Court, as well as the archiving in the Court and the management of letters since received until filing at the processing unit. Hopefully the explanation of Mr. Kasiman can provide insight and information of the archiving process in the Constitutional Court,” said Adriyani, the supervisor.

Kasiman began by explaining that the Court is prepared to manage archives speedily for justice seekers, as information is highly important. The Court, he said, rarely provides hardcopy, as most information on the Court are available in softcopy.

Kasiman also detailed four authorities and one obligation of the Constitutional Court. The authorities are examining laws against the 1945 Constitution, deciding on authority dispute among state institutions, deciding on the dissolution of political parties, and deciding on disputes over election results. The Court is also obligated to decide on the House’s opinion on an alleged violation of law committed by the president and/or vice president. 

Kasiman added, those authorities will generate documents. “The Constitutional Court authorities are supported by two administrative units. First, the judicial administration, which generates case documents. Second, general administration, which generates general documents such as those of the organization, finances, etc.,” he elaborated.

Kasiman further elaborated on the forms of documents of the Court: texts, videos, photos. “All of those are sources of information, evidence, as well as organizational and collective memory. The services are all using technology,” he added.

However, he said that legal products signed by officials in Indonesia and other countries such as the U.S. are still paper-based. “Why? Documents are not only sources of information, but part of culture. So, paper is still used. You can see in museums; documents are still preserved,” Kasiman said. (Nano Tresna Arfana/LA/Yuniar Widiastuti)