Constitutional Court Secretary-General Prof. Dr. M. Guntur Hamzah (center) and Acting Head of the Pancasila and Constitution Education Center Imam Margono (left) at the closing of the Technical Assistance Program on the Procedural Law for Judicial Review for Legal Analysts Batch I, Thursday (7/7/2022). Photo by Humas MK/Ifa.
Thursday, July 7, 2022 | 20:42 WIB
JAKARTA, Public Relations—Legal analysts face challenges due to developments of information and communication technology (ICT), which need to be anticipated. This is because the profession may experience disruption and many the activities of the profession depend on technological developments, said Secretary-General M. Guntur Hamzah at the closing of Technical Assistance Program on the Procedural Law for Judicial Review for Legal Analysts Batch I on Thursday, July 7, 2022. He hoped legal analysts understand that the legal professions are not only based on logic, but on experience, concrete conditions in the field, and various aspects that affect society.
“Therefore, in the legal field, there is a myth ‘the law is always struggling to catch up with the times.’ That is, the law is always behind to serve only as a tool to justify in society, even though it can also be a means for society to develop. In this context, legal analysts, apart from getting material from experts on the procedural law of judicial review, the Constitutional Court, and constitutionalism, hopefully after this event can change their perspective on law to that not only on paper, but the social context in people’s lives,” said the Acting Head of the Pancasila and Constitution Education Center Imam Margono from the center in Cisarua, Bogor.
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Guntur further said that there would be electronic and non-electronic documents, developments in society and the government system to electronic-based. Thus, the use of technology in many fields, including digital transformations in law, became a condition that cannot be ignored. Guntur gave the use of digital signatures as an example. Electronic documents, he said, had helped boost accountability of data and information.
“Therefore, knowledge of procedural law at the Constitutional Court from this activity can add to legal analysts’ understanding so that they can become progressive legal analysts and advance this nation in the future,” he said.
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Electronic Case Information System
On this last day and session of the program, the legal analysts were introduced to the electronic case information system in the Constitutional Court. Two computer officers from the Court’s Center for Information and Communication Technology Widy Hastowahyudi and Rachman Karim, delivered presentations. Widy explained that the use of technology and information has become part of the Court’s services to facilitate access for the litigating parties through a modern and trusted judicial institution. To protect the networking system that is vulnerable to interference or attacks, the Court uses several security systems, such as Paloalto, Iron Port, Anti DDOS, and a mirroring server. Through these systems, hopefully the Court’s data network can be protected from irresponsible hackers an.
“The Court cooperates with [the National Cyber and Encryption Agency (BSSN)] in security in terms of web application firewall, digital signature, security monitoring, and HR if there are issues that the Court cannot handle on its own,” Widy explained when sharing his experience as part of the IT team that handles online and offline hearings in the Constitutional Court.
Widy revealed that the Court had been conducting remote hearings since 2004, first by borrowing a video conferencing system by the Police. It also cooperated with 42 universities throughout Indonesia to allow those living far from Jakarta and had time constraint to appear before the Court at a designated university. During the pandemic, the Court still conduct hearings remotely to adhere to the health protocol, with requirements that all parties must comply with—stable internet connection, good lighting, adequate electronic media, and electronic devices in silent mode.
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Filing Petition Online
Next, in his presentation Rachman described the Court’s electronic petition information system (SIMPEL), which was built to allow the public to file petitions online. Before filing a case, they can register first. Through this system, the public or petitioners can monitor the progress of the petition they file, access the hearing schedules, access the summons, and download the hearing transcript or the decision. Rachman also showed participants how to access simpel.mkri.id.
“When accessing SIMPEL, you will be asked to provide an email address. Hopefully the registered email is an active one because all data will be sent to this address. In the email, you will receive a link [to use] if you have difficulty or forget your password to access SIMPEL to file petition files,” Rachman explained.
The program, set to take place for four days on Monday-Thursday, July 4‒7, 2022, was attended by 400 participants. The participants received materials on the Constitution, the Constitutional Court, the procedural law for judicial review, and the drafting of judicial review petition. Former constitutional justices, substitute registrars, and other speakers would deliver presentations.
Writer : Sri Pujianti
Editor : Lulu Anjarsari P.
Translator : Yuniar Widiastuti (NL)
Translation uploaded on 7/11/2022 11:43 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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