Constitutional Justice Enny Nurbaningsih giving her a speech at the inauguration of a smartboard mini courtroom at the University of Bangka Belitung, Friday (11/5/2021). Photo by Humas MK/Panji.

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Friday, November 5, 2021 | 04:37 WIB

BANGKA BELITUNG, Public Relations—Indonesia’s vision is a just and prosperous society and it can be realized by developing law that is compatible with that vision, said Constitutional Justice Enny Nurbaningsih at the inauguration of a smartboard mini courtroom at the University of Bangka Belitung on Friday, November 5, 2021.

“The vision of fairness and prosperity means building law that is in line with the vision to be realized within 20 years of the [National RPJP],” said Justice Enny in a public lecture on “Building Law with Pancasila Character.”

State Goals

Justice Enny also said that state goals are laid out in the Preamble to the 1945 Constitution: justice, welfare, and prosperity. “They are laid down in the Preamble to the 1945 Constitution. However, realizing state goals must be gradual. It is impossible to suddenly materialize; there must be stages,” she stressed.

Those stages are laid out in the National Long-Term Development Plan (RPJPN), which contain the national agenda of legal development. This includes amending legal products that do not fit the needs, including amending laws that are colonial legacy within 20 years.

Justice Enny said those legal products must be put into a national legislation program. “The national legislation program is not related to gathering political desires,” she stressed. Instead, it is designed to gather legal needs in order to realize independent, advanced, just, and prosperous Indonesia.

Constitutional Judiciary

Justice Enny, who gave the lecture virtually, said the Constitutional Court (MK) is a constitutional judiciary. Pre-Reform era, constitutional judiciary did not exist, so smartboard facility would not have existed. At the time, Indonesia was in a centralized, authoritarian power under the president. All state institutions are centered in the president. No institution had the authority to enforce the Constitution.

“The fruit of the Reform was the founding of the Constitutional Court in 2003. After the third amendment [to the Constitution], the Court was founded. The Court must approach higher education, especially the law faculty,” she said. This is because the Court wants to be present in the community, this it organizes activities that can be disseminated swiftly.

Justice Enny said that the Court carries out activities outside of its core business in order to develop the life of the nation and introduce the 1945 Constitution, such as symposiums and seminars.

The Court has a vision to be a modern and reliable judicial body, she said. One of its indicators is developing and utilizing technology to provide the people with better access to justice.

Writer        : Utami Argawati
Editor        : Lulu Anjarsari P.
Translator  : Yuniar Widiastuti (NL)

Translation uploaded on 11/8/2021 15:24 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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