Deputy Chief Justice Aswanto with Constitutional Justices Daniel Yusmic Foekh and Wahiduddin Adams judicial review hearing of Law on the State’s Financial Policy and Fiscal Stability for the Mitigation of the COVID-19 Pandemic, Monday (24/8) in the Courtroom of the Constitutional Court. Photo by Humas MK/Gani.

JAKARTA, Public Relations of the Constitutional Court—The Constitutional Court (MK) held another judicial review hearing of Article 2 paragraph (1) letter a numbers 1, 2, and 3; Article 27; and Article 28 of Law No. 2 of 2020 on the Government Regulation in Lieu of Law (Perppu) No. 1 of 2020 on the Stipulation of the State’s Financial Policy and Fiscal Stability for the Mitigation of the COVID-19 Pandemic and/or in Order to Face Threats That Endanger the National Economy and/or the Financial System’s Stability into Law on Monday, August 24, 2020. The hearing had been scheduled to clarify the petition withdrawal letter that the Court received on August 19.

Deputy Chief Justice Aswanto as panel chairman requested clarification whether the withdrawal request of petition No. 51/PUU-XVIII/2020 was sent on behalf of all of the attorneys. Attorney Arifudin answered that the withdrawal request, which was submitted by Saiful Bakhri, was a unanimous decision of all of the attorneys.

Petitioners Sirajuddin Syamsuddin and peers had requested a formal and material review of Article 2 paragraph (1) letter a numbers 1, 2, and 3; Article 27; and Article 28 of Law No. 2 of 2020, on the ground that the approval of Perppu No. 1 of 2020 into Law No. 2 of 2020 by the House were done in the same session as its stipulation when it was supposed to be in “the next sessions,” according to Article 249 of Regulation No. 1 of 2020 on the House’s Code of Conduct relating to session year and session period. The approval of the perppu violated Article 22 paragraph (2) of the 1945 Constitution. As the House had received the perppu in session III, it must be approved/rejected in session IV. In addition, Article 22D paragraph (2) of the 1945 Constitution stipulates that the Regional Representatives Council (DPD) should’ve participated in the discussion of Perppu No. 1 of 2020 as the norm concerns the central and regional budget. However, the House discussed the perppu without the DPD’s involvement.

Writer: Utami Argawati
Editor: Lulu Anjarsari
PR: Lambang S.
Translator: Yuniar Widiastuti (NL)

Translation uploaded on 8/25/2020 11:55 WIB

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