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Constitutional Justice Arief Hidayat as keynote speaker at a legal seminar and national publication by the Law Faculty of Bangka Belitung University, Wednesday (9/9/2020) at the Constitutional Court. Photo by Humas MK/Gani.

JAKARTA, Public Relations of the Constitutional Court—Constitutional Justice Arief Hidayat was a keynote speaker at a virtual legal seminar and national publication on “Transformation of Legal Ideals for a Developed Indonesia” by the Law Faculty of Bangka Belitung University on Wednesday, September 9, 2020 through Zoom.

Starting his remarks, Justice Arief said that Indonesia is a rule of law with Pancasila values. "So if there is question on [Indonesia’s] constitutional system, we agree that Article 1 paragraph (3) of the 1945 Constitution stipulates that the State of Indonesia is a rule of law," he said. The Preamble and Article 1 paragraph (3) of the 1945 Constitution reflect this.

“The administration of the State of Indonesia is not only a rule of law, but also a legal democracy,” he added. There are non-democratic legal states and authoritarian legal states. Indonesia, however, is a constitutional legal democracy based on the One God.

Bangka Belitung University rector Ibrahim said when opening the seminar that the theme was interesting because legal ideas are a timeless topic. “The ideal of justice is everyone’s ideals,” he said.

Sementara Dekan Fakultas Hukum Universitas Bangka Belitung, Dwi Haryadi menegaskan, persoalan hukum di Indonesia mengalami dinamika yang setiap hari tidak pernah sepi dari pemberitaan baik di media massa ataupun di media online. Semua peristiwa hukum dan praktik hukum menjadi ujung pangkal berbagai persoalan yang terjadi di dunia kita. “Kita sudah merdeka 75 tahun dan sudah jelas konstitusi kita adalah negara hokum. Artinya hukum menjadi panglima, idealnya,”ujar Dwi.

Law Faculty dean of Bangka Belitung University Dwi Haryadi stressed that legal issue in Indonesia is highly dynamic and there is daily press coverage on it. The law is the root to many issues in society.

Writer: Utami Argawati
Editor: Nur R.

Photographer: Gani
Translator: Yuniar Widiastuti (NL)

Translation uploaded on 9/9/2020 17:36 WIB

Disclaimer: The original version of the news is in Indonesian. In case of any differences between the English and the Indonesian version, the Indonesian version will prevail.

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