The Delegation of the Constitutional Court of Indonesia led by Constitutional Justice Arief Hidayat meeting with Judge Justyn Piskorsi of the Constitutional Tribunal of the Republic of Poland on Monday (30/9/2019). Photo by Humas MK/Noel.

POLAND, Public Relations of the Constitutional Court—The Delegation of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Indonesia (MKRI) held a judicial dialogue and meeting with the Constitutional Tribunal of the Republic of Poland on Monday (30/9/2019) at the Constitutional Tribunal of Poland, Warsaw. They were welcomed by Constitutional Judge Justyn Piskorsi, Deputy Head of Legal Service Office Bartosz Skwara, Spokesperson Aleksandra Wojcik, and Marcin Koman and Dominik Tylka from the President’s Office.

During the meeting, Constitutional Justice Arief Hidayat, accompanied by Ambassador to Poland Siti Nugraha Maulidiah, requested of the President of the Constitutional Tribunal of Poland to give a public lecture through the Constitutional Court’s video conference facility during the ICCIS (Indonesian Constitutional Court International Symposium) on November 4-5, 2019 as well as initiated cooperation with the Constitutional Tribunal of POLANDHE also requested support for the Constitutional Court of Indonesia in volunteering to host the 6th congress of the World Conference on Constitutional Justice (WCCJ) in 2024.

Judge Piskorsi offered the Tribunal’s support for the Constitutional Court to host the WCCJ congress. He added that the Constitutional Tribunal of Poland is a member of the Association of Constitutional Justice of the Countries of the Baltic and Black Sea Regions (BBCJ) and would inform the association of this support. “With regard to MoU and public lecture, we welcome [it] positively and will ask for the approval of the Tribunal’s President soon," Judge Piskorsi concluded.

The meeting with the Constitutional Tribunal began with a visit to the panel and plenary courtrooms. All hearings at the Constitutional Tribunal are open to the public and broadcasted live through the official website, indirectly resulting in a decrease of the number of court visitors. Similar to the Constitutional Court of Indonesia, the Tribunal judges are also provided with tablets or other devices in the courtrooms, allow them to search for legal references before and during the hearings. These devices, however, cannot access communication applications or social media, which are believed can disrupt the course of the hearing. The Polish constitutional judges are also prohibited from carrying cell phones during the hearing.

After the meeting with the Constitutional Tribunal, the Constitutional Court delegation went to Prague for a bilateral meeting with the Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic, which head the European Constitutional Courts. (NL/LA)

Translated by: Yuniar Widiastuti