Deputy Chief Justice Aswanto closing the constitution awareness program for the Association of Civic Education Lecturers and the Association of Pancasila and Civic Education Lecturers (ADPK), Friday (10/29/2021). Photo by Humas MK/Teguh.

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Friday, October 29, 2021 | 21:32 WIB

JAKARTA, Public Relations—When citizens are not aware of their constitutional rights, the Constitution will ‘be asleep,’ so they must understand if any law degrade their constitutional rights, said Deputy Chief Justice Aswanto when closing the constitution awareness program for the citizens (PPHKWN) for the Association of Civic Education Lecturers and the Association of Pancasila and Civic Education Lecturers (ADPK) virtually on Friday afternoon, October 29, 2021.

He said the Constitutional Court (MK) is in a passive stance, in that it can only examine cases when petitioners file petitions to the Court because their constitutional rights are degraded by the enactment of any law.

“The notion compelled the Court to collaborate with stakeholders, including universities and associations of educators so that the citizens become more aware of their constitutional rights,” he said.

He added that massive constitution awareness programs are expected to accelerate the citizens’ awareness of their constitutional rights. There must be triggers to inspire such awareness among the people, one of which through education and training that the Court has been organizing.

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Meanwhile, the Acting Head of the Pancasila and Constitution Education Center Imam Margono thanked the participants for their participation and enthusiasm, which led to many questions, comments, inputs, opinions, and criticisms for the Court’s development.

He also thanked Deputy Chief Justice Aswanto for giving a closing speech at the event, which took place on Tuesday-Friday, October 26-29, 2021 virtually.

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Before the event was concluded on the last day, the Court’s computer officer Jeklin Indriani Purba in her presentation on “The Use of Information and Communications Technology in Handling Constitutional Court Cases.” She explained the features available on the Court’s website at length.

Writer        : Nano Tresna Arfana
Editor        : Nur R.
Translator  : Yuniar Widiastuti (NL)

Translation uploaded on 11/2/2021 13:35 WIB

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

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