Secretary-General M. Guntur Hamzah officially closing the technical assistance program on the Constitutional Court’s procedural law for Peradi administrators and members virtually, Friday (8/5/2021). Photo by Humas MK/Teguh.

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Friday, August 5, 2022 | 17:08 WIB

JAKARTA, Public Relations—Technical assistance programs on judicial review of laws provide insights free of charge, but the Constitutional Court (MK) expects the participants to relay its efforts in upholding the Constitution and raising constitutional awareness among the community, said Secretary-General M. Guntur Hamzah at the technical assistance program on the Constitutional Court’s procedural law for the management and members of the Association of Indonesian Advocates (Peradi) on Friday, August 5, 2022. The program took place virtually from the Constitutional Court’s (MK) Pancasila and Constitution Education Center (Pusdik) in Cisarua, Bogor, West Java with the acting head of Pusdik Imam Margono in attendance.

He said the four-day program would not have been enough to help familiarize one with constitutional issues, but he expected it would help introducing participants to the procedural law for judicial review of laws, which is under the Constitutional Court’s jurisdiction.

“Maintain integrity, guard the Constitutional Court by guarding the Constitution and improving constitutional culture wherever you are,” he urged the participants.

Cooperation Between Constitutional Court and Peradi

Peradi’s deputy secretary-general Bishmoko W. Nugroho said in his remarks that he hoped the program could help advocates within the association to learn for the sake of legal development. He also hoped the cooperation between the Court and Peradi would be stronger along with the increasing number of advocates, which would need further technical assistance in the future.

Gaining Knowledge

Yenny, representative of the branch executive board (DPC) of Peradi Astara, said that as a participant she was grateful for the valuable program, which would help advocates assist justice seekers. She was also happy for the opportunity to know and interact with other advocates.

“Hopefully this program continues and can be organized onsite so that we can interact more optimally with the speakers and other participants,” she said.

Constitutional Court’s Services

On Friday morning, August 5, 2022, two of the Court’s information and communications technology (ICT) officers, Adam Ghuzalee Ramadhan and Tarnoto, introduced the participants to the use of electronic case information system in the Court. The Court offers four services in relation to cases, said Adam. They are remote hearings and livestreaming, which is available for public access on the Court’s website, in line with Constitutional Court Regulation (PMK) No. 1 of 2021 on the Implementation of Remote Hearing. This is to facilitate justice seekers for cases on judicial review, regional election dispute, and presidential/legislative election dispute.  The electronic petition information system (SIMPEL) is also accessible. The Court’s website also offers case tracking and case retrieval. It also has an application called Click MK that is available for smartphones.

“The Court provides 53 mini courtrooms at law faculties in universities and villages across Indonesia, complete with big screens and other equipment for online hearing. The mini courtrooms can also be used for national and international symposiums or seminars for law students,” Adam explained.

Next, Tarnoto explained the procedure for registering a petition to the Court. He revealed that amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Court optimized the development of its ICT and provided services that facilitate litigants to file a petition.

“[Filing] a petition electronically can be done on https://simpel.mkri.id/, where the [petitioner] should make an account to be able to be a petitioner. They then follow the directions on the website so that they can attach everything needed to file a petition,” he explained.

The program not only provided the advocates with materials on the procedural law for judicial review of laws in the Constitutional Court, but also helped them practice drafting and filing a petition as a petitioner and a relevant party. The results were then evaluated. Participants that met the assessment requirements were given a certificate by the Court’s Pancasila and Constitution Education Center.

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Writer        : Sri Pujianti
Editor        : Nur R.
Translator  : Yuniar Widiastuti (NL)

Translation uploaded on 8/8/2022 10:09 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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