Chief Justice Anwar Usman chairing the judicial review hearing of Law No. 3 of 2022 on the State Capital (IKN Law) filed by the National Axis for State Sovereignty (PNKN), Tuesday (4/5/2022). Photo by Humas MK/BPE.

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Tuesday, April 5, 2022 | 17:06 WIB

JAKARTA, Public Relations—The Constitutional Court (MK) held a formal judicial review hearing of Law No. 3 of 2022 on the State Capital (IKN Law) on Tuesday afternoon, April 5, 2022. The Petitioners of case No. 25/PUU-XX/2022 are Abdullah Hehamahua, Marwan Batubara, Muhyidin Junaidi, and other members of the National Axis for State Sovereignty (PNKN).

They added 12 more petitioners to the initial 12. “Petitioners I-III remained, but there were changes to Petitioners IV and the others. These changes were to make it easier to classify them according to constitutional impairment,” said counsel Viktor Santoso Tandiasa.

Another change to the petition was the removal of the deadline relating to the formal judicial review, following the Constitutional Court Regulation (PMK) No. 2 of 2021. This change showed on page 10 of the petition.

Article 10 paragraph (2) of PMK No. 2 of 2021 regulated that a petition must consist of at least the petitioners’ profiles (name, occupation, nationality, residential address, office address, email address), their legal counsel’s profile, the Court’s authority, the petitioner’s legal standing, the posita, and the petitum.

Also read: National Axis for State Sovereignty Challenges State Capital Law

At the preliminary hearing, the Petitioners asserted that they could not provide their inputs and criticism during the formation of the IKN Law, as it was formed in only 42 days. The hasty process made it lack public participation, which could potentially lead to horizontal conflicts.

In addition, they argued that the formation of the IKN Law did not meet the lawmaking provisions based on Article 22A of the 1945 Constitution, to which the norm is delegated, and was in violation of Article 1 paragraph (2) of the 1945 Constitution as well as Article 27 paragraph (1), Article 28C paragraph (2), Article 6 letters a, e, g, and s of Law No. 12 of 2011 on Lawmaking.

Writer        : Nano Tresna Arfana
Editor        : Lulu Anjarsari P.
PR            : Andhini S. F.
Translator  : Yuniar Widiastuti (NL)

Translation uploaded on 4/7/2022 13:12 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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