Acting Head of the Pancasila and Constitution Education Center Imam Margono and AAKI chairman Totok Hariwibowo closing the PPHKWN for the Association of Indonesian Policy Analysts (AAKI) virtually, Thursday (6/23/2021). Photo by Humas MK/Teguh.

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Friday, June 24 2022 | 07:59 WIB

JAKARTA, Public Relations—The constitution awareness program for citizens (PPHKWN) for the Association of Indonesian Policy Analysts (AAKI) was officially closed by the Acting Head of the Pancasila and Constitution Education Center Imam Margono on Thursday afternoon, June 23, 2022 virtually from the Pancasila and Constitution Education Center, Cisarua, Bogor. The program was collaboration between the Constitutional Court (MK) and the AAKI.

Imam highly appreciated the active participation of the board and members of the AAKI. Chairman Totok Hariwibowo also attended the program from start to finish, and interacted in the program.

“This was an honor to provide the best services to you, ladies and gentlemen, participants of the PPHKWN for the AAKI,” he said before 160 participants.

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Improving Access to Justice

This program was the Court’s effort to improve access to justice and to court. It is a routine program that not only targets CSOs but also professional organizations such as the AAKI.

“Although many of the AAKI members are not law graduates, our materials were understood well and practiced. What we are proud of that the PPHKWN materials will be used to draft policy analyses at your offices, as our Constitution guarantees citizens’ constitutional rights and obligations,” Imam explained.

He added that at this program, Diponegoro University law professor Adji Samekto had delivered a presentation on “The Challenges on the Re-actualization of Pancasila Values,” Islamic University of Indonesia’s (UII) constitutional law professor Ni’matul Huda on “The State Administration Based on the 1945 Constitution,” Hasanuddin University law professor Judhariksawan on “The Guarantee of Citizens’ Constitutional Rights in the 1945 Constitution,” and Fajar Laksono on “The Constitution and Constitutionalism.”

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A Step Forward

The AAKI chairman Totok Hari Wibowo said the program was a step forward for the AAKI.

“This step by the Constitutional Court opened up space for us, individually, to be more intensely involved in policy improvement, which should be seen as an effort to accelerate and strengthen our recovery,” he stressed.

He also said that in a narrowed perspective, the Court had offered things as output. “We’d like to step into implementation. However, whatever the form may be, the Court could provide input. We hop the Court can give other AAKI members the opportunity [to join this program] in the future,” he said.

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

Translation uploaded on 6/27/2022 10:29 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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