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Secretary General M. Guntur Hamzah welcoming Judicial Commission Secretary Tubagus Rismunandar Ruhijat and staff, Tuesday (4/2). Photo by Humas MK/Gani.

JAKARTA, Public Relations of the Constitutional Court—Judicial Commission Secretary Tubagus Rismunandar Ruhijat and his staff members visited the Constitutional Court (MK) on Tuesday afternoon (4/2/2020) to learn about the management of the working units at the Constitutional Court, such as its human resources, public relations, and planning. They were welcomed by Secretary General M. Guntur Hamzah and Constitutional Court staff in the Meeting Room of the Constitutional Court.

Head of the Human Resources and Organization Bureau Teguh Wahyudi explain the organizational structure in the Constitutional Court since 2004. He explained that the administrative services at the Court consist of that for the justices and the staff members. Staff at the Court consists of civil servants (PNS), support personnel, non-civil servants, and outsourced workers.

Head of the Public Relations and Protocol Bureau Heru Setiawan talked about the general structure of the Court and the management of the Public Relations and Protocol unit. Heru said that in the Public Relations there are three bureau heads and six department heads. This unit disseminates information to the public.

"Someone is tasked with planning the reporting schedules, one day before the events. There are cameramen, photographers, reporters, writers, and editors. Court-related and non-court news will be uploaded on the website within a day. We also have a monitoring media that controls all the media that inform [the public] about the Constitutional Court and the constitutional justices. Now [we have come] onto social media," said Heru.

Heru added that the Public Relations and Domestic Cooperation Department holds events such as MoU, seminars, public lectures, Constitution Weeks, moot court competitions, and so on. The AACC Permanent Secretariat and International Cooperation Department manages the activities of the Constitutional Court overseas. The Leadership Administration and Protocol Division manages the secretaries attached to the 11 leaders (nine constitutional justices, secretary general, and chief registrar).

After receiving information from the Leadership Administration, the Protocol with plan the team that assists the constitutional justices in the regions or overseas. "All visits to the Constitutional Court are managed by the Protocol. We coordinate starting from the correspondence and scheduling," Heru explained.

Head of the Center for Information and Communication Technology Budi Achmad Djohari talked about the Judicial Administration System (JAS) and General Administration System (GAS) that is being developed in the Constitutional Court. "JAS concerns the handling of cases, which begins with the receipt of petitions, registration of petitions, court hearings, to decisions and monitoring decisions, all done online," said Budi.

Budi said that the Constitutional Court nowadays utilizes digital technology and has limited the use of paper, which reduces piles of documents on desks. He added that the Court has developed video conference facilities at various universities throughout the country to communicate with the campuses and especially for remote court hearings. The Court has also developed the Dynamic Archival Information System (SIKD), which was pioneered by the National Archives of the Republic of Indonesia (ANRI).

Head of the Planning and Finance Bureau Tatang Gardjito talked that the Court follows all procedures, including that by National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas). Everything has been running smoothly due to the commitment of the leaders.

Guntur Hamzah explained about the Honor Council of the Constitutional Justices (MKHK) and the ethics council. "MKHK is an ad hoc [council that functions] when any constitutional justice is suspected of committing gross violations. When there is no suspicion of grave violations, the Ethics Council does. They come from three elements: former constitutional justices, the community, academics. The minimum age for the Ethics Council members is 60 years," said Guntur. (Nano Tresna Arfana/LA)

Translated by: Yuniar Widiastuti

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