Secretary-General M. Guntur Hamzah delivering a public lecture on “Law and Politics Based on Pancasila in Society 5.0” at Panca Bhakti University, Pontianak, Friday (9/9/2022). Photo by MKRI/Ilham W. M.

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Friday, September 9, 2022 | 19:27 WIB

JAKARTA (MKRI)—Secretary-General M. Guntur Hamzah delivered a public lecture on “Law and Politics Based on Pancasila in Society 5.0” at an collaborative event between Panca Bhakti University (UPB) and the Constitutional Court (MK) in Pontianak on Friday, September 9, 2022. The lecture was part of the university’s freshmen orientation and the Road to Constitution and Anti-Corruption Festival of 2022. UPB rector Purwanto and the head of KPK’s (Corruption Eradication Commission) Public Relations Bureau Yuyuk Andriati Iskak also spoke at the event.

Guntur began his lecture by quoting John F. Kennedy, “Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss the future.” “Do not forget history, but keep progressing. Use the past as a lesson for a better future,” he said to the students.

He said that today citizens have the challenge to anticipate technological advances and innovations that they are forced to use. “On the other hand, there are disruptions. This is the era where we are forced to work in new ways,” he said.

Law graduates, he said, must be ready to anticipate the era of technological disruptions, not to be apathetical or even make boundaries to restrict the advances.

“Be familiar with technology, since whoever tries to go against it will be crushed by technological advances. So, legal practitioners should not be left out. That is because technology will help us become more productive, innovative, and our work be more practical and simpler,” he added.

Guntur said this era makes finding connections between political and legal issues and solving them easier. Information and communications technology can make things more transparent, and divide political and legal issues. He also said that consistent implementation of technology in the 5.0 era is one of the ways to face challenges and to see the synergy between legal and political aspects.

In the Constitutional Court, he said, ICT also stands for integrity, cleanliness, and trustworthiness. Integrity is defined as human capital that ensures there is no loss of human identity. Cleanliness is freedom from corruption and self-serving acts. Meanwhile, trustworthiness is the most important element in the enforcement of law in the era of disruptions.

Anti-Corruption Culture

Meanwhile, Yuyuk Andriati Iskak explained that the KPK and the Constitutional Court has the same vision to continue informing the public of their vision and duties in order to gain public trust.

She explained that higher education has an important role in fighting corruption by building a culture of anti-corruption in campus. “Building a culture of anti-corruption in campus is in line with the three pillars of higher education,” she said.

Campuses, she explained, can include anti-corruption education, training, and regeneration. Through research, they can establish study centers, improve governance, and other anti-corruption innovations. Through service, they can carry out anti-corruption thematic community service programs by directly in the community.

Corrupt behaviors, she added, also exists in campus, such as cheating, absenteeism, plagiarism, false proposals, gratuities to lecturers, book fee markups, misuse of scholarships, and fraudulent student admissions. Therefore, it is important to organize anti-corruption education in the higher education curriculum.

“The KPK recorded that 1,479 out of 4,593 universities or around 32.2% have organized anti-corruption education. It hopes that this number will continue to increase in order to create anti-corruption culture in campuses throughout Indonesia,” she said before the freshmen and faculty members.

Yuyuk concluded her presentation by expressing her hope that campuses and students have the same commitment to internalize integrity. “Campuses and all the academic community must have a strong sense of belonging to maintain the campus’ integrity by developing the values of integrity and anti-corruption culture,” she said.

Next, Purwanto said in his presentation that the purpose of the drafting of legislation is legal politics and that legal products are generated from political process.

“Although legal characters are heavily influenced by political climate, hopefully law can be at the forefront of social engineering,” he said.

During the Q&A session, a student asked whether currently legal products were based on Pancasila values. Guntur answered that the second precept of Pancasila is related to law. The legal products in our country, he said, must be in line with that precept, not only to enforce justice but also to enforce values of humanity. “In principle, law is made for society. It does not work outside of society but is always in line with social interests,” he stressed.

Writer        : Utami Argawati
Editor        : Nur R.
Translator  : Yuniar Widiastuti (NL)

Translation uploaded on 11/17/2022 10:53 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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