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Panel hearing of the judicial review hearing of the Protocol Law, Monday (5/10) in the Courtroom of the Constitutional Court. Photo by Humas MK/Gani.

JAKARTA, Public Relations of the Constitutional Court—A judicial review hearing of Law No. 9 of 2010 on Protocols was held by the Constitutional Court (MK) on Monday, October 5, 2020. The petition No. 72/PUU-XVIII/2020 was filed by Abu Bakar, a daily worker. He challenges Article 9 paragraph (1) letters e and m of the Protocol Law.

Through attorney Munatsir Mustaman, the Petitioner conveyed the revisions to the legal standing and the argument on constitutional loss. “The harm to the honor and dignity of the House means the harm to the Petitioner’s constitutional rights because House members are elected [by voters including] the Petitioner,” Munatsir said before the panel chairman Constitutional Justice Enny Nurbaningsih and Constitutional Justices Manahan M. P. Sitompul and Daniel Yusmic P. Foekh.

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The Petitioner, daily worker Abu Bakar, challenges Article 9 paragraph (1) letters e and m of the Protocol Law, which reads, “Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Republic of Indonesia,” followed by letter m, “Deputy Speaker of thePeople’s Consultative Assembly of the Republic of Indonesia, Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Republic of Indonesia, Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Republic of Indonesia, Governor of Bank Indonesia, Chairman of the Election Commission, Deputy Chairman of the Audit Board of the Republic of Indonesia, Deputy Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Indonesia, Deputy Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Indonesia, and the Deputy Chairman of the Judicial Commission of the Republic of Indonesia.”

As a voter in the 2019 legislative election, the Petitioner objects to the article, which doesn’t explain the House Speaker’s seating arrangement at state and official events, which isn’t regulated in the House Regulation No. 1 of 2014 on the House’s Code of Conduct. This, he said, leads to uncertainty as it doesn’t reflect the collective authority and collegiality of House leaders. He believes that this, in turn, will harm the honor and dignity of the House. 

Writer: Nano Tresna Arfana
Editor: Nur R.
PR: Fitri Yuliana
Photographer: Gani
Translator: Yuniar Widiastuti (NL)

Translation uploaded on 10/06/2020 20:23 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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