Constitutional law students of the Sharia Faculty of UIN Raden Intan of Lampung visiting the Constitutional Court with their accompanying lecturers, Tuesday (2/28/2022). Photo by MKRI/Bayu.

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JAKARTA (MKRI) — Around 150 students and accompanying lecturers of the Constitutional Law Study Program of the Sharia Faculty of the State Islamic University (UIN) Raden Intan of Lampung visited the Constitutional Court (MK) on Tuesday, February 28, 2023. They were welcomed by expert assistant to constitutional justice Oly Viana Agustine at the Court’s main hall.

The head of the study program, Frenki, said the visit was to introduce the Constitutional Court’s functions and authority to the students. He expressed appreciation for the opportunity to learn more about the Court, which the students can research on for their thesis.

Expert assistant to constitutional justice Oly Viana Agustine delivered her presentation on the Constitutional Court and the procedural law for judicial review. She began by explaining the Court’s authority: to adjudicate laws against the 1945 Constitution at the first and last instance with decisions that are final, to settle authority disputes between state institutions whose authorities are granted by the 1945 Constitution, to decide the dissolution of political parties, and to settle disputes over general election results. It is also obligated to decide the House’s opinion on an alleged violation of law committed by the president and/or vice president,

Oly then explain the Court’s judicial review procedure from filing a petition until the ruling hearing. She also explained the Court’s proceedings: preliminary hearing, examination hearings, justice deliberation meeting (RPH), and ruling hearing.

She also said that the Court aspires to always provide judicial services swiftly, simply, and economically. A petition can be filed by the petitioner without a legal counsel. The Court’s decisions, she added, are final, meaning that they have permanent legal force since their pronouncement at a plenary hearing that is open to the public.

In the Q&A session, a student asked whether a formal judicial review decision is valid when it is announced after 45 days past the law’s promulgation. “Thank God, until today the Court has never passed the deadline,” she answered.

Oly also talked about the Court’s longest hearing, that is, the 2019 presidential election results dispute. It went on for 19 hours and 52 minutes and led to an award from the Indonesian World Records Museum (MURI) for the longest non-stop hearing.

Author       : Ammar R.
Editor        : Nur R.
Translator  : Yuniar Widiastuti (NL)

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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