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The Court’s IT officer monitoring the ruling hearing of the Corruption Eradication Commission Law at the control room, Friday (30/7/2021). Photo by Humas MK/Ilham W. M.

Friday, July 30, 2021 | 17:16 WIB

JAKARTA, Public Relations—The Constitutional Court (MK) granted the withdrawal request of the judicial review of Law No. 19 of 2019 on the Second Amendment to Law No. 30 of 2002 on the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK Law) for case No. 28/PUU-XIX/2021 on Friday, July 30, 2021. Nine KPK employees—Hotman Tambunan, Rasamala Aritonang, March Falentino, Novariza, Andre Dedy Nainggolan, Lakso Anindito, Faisal, Benydictus Siumlala, and Tri Artining Putri—alleged that Article 69B paragraph (1) and Article 69C of Law No. 19 of 2019 on the KPK Law was in violation of Article 28 paragraph (1) of the 1945 Constitution.

“[The Court] declares that the Petitioners cannot re-file the a quo petition; orders the Chief Registrar of the Constitutional Court to record the withdrawal of the petition No. 28/PUU-XIX/2021 in the electronic constitutional case registration book (e-BRPK) and to return the copy of the petition to the Petitioners,” said Chief Justice Anwar Usman reading out the decree at a ruling hearing in the plenary courtroom to the litigants, who attended it virtually from their respective residences.

Also read: Again, Petition on ASN Status of KPK Employees Withdrawn

In the petition, the Petitioners alleged that the articles didn’t have any further regulating information on the status change of KPK employees into state civil apparatus (ASN). This has led to legal uncertainty. In fact, they have been interpreted by the KPK leadership arbitrarily by subjecting KPK employees to civic knowledge testing in the selection process.

Writer        : Sri Pujianti
Editor        : Lulu Anjarsari P.
PR            : Tiara Agustina
Translator  : Yuniar Widiastuti (NL)

Translation uploaded on 7/30/2021 17:56 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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