Expert assistant to constitutional justice Winda Wijayanti delivering a presentation to students of SMA Bunda Hati Kudus during their visit to the Court, Monday (8/21/2023). Photo by MKRI/Ilham WM.

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JAKARTA (MKRI) — A total of 118 students and 6 teachers of SMA (Senior High School) Bunda Hati Kudus of Jakarta visited the Constitutional Court (MK) on Monday morning, August 21, 2023. They were welcomed by one of the Court’s expert assistants to constitutional justices Winda Wijayanti in the Court’s main hall. Winda delivered a presentation on “The Constitutional Court and its Constitutional Authority.”

She began by explaining the background of the Constitutional Court’s establishment, authority, and obligation. “The Constitutional Court has the authority to review laws against the Constitution, decide disputes over the authority of state institutions whose authority is granted by the 1945 Constitution, decide the dissolution of political parties, and decide disputes over the results of general elections,” she said.

The Court also has an obligation, pursuant to Article 24C paragraph (2) of the 1945 Constitution, to give a decision on the opinion of the House of Representative (DPR) regarding alleged violations by the president and/or vice president as detailed in the Constitution, which could result in impeachment.

In her presentation, Winda said that the Constitutional Court is often said to be providing the final solution to constitutional problems because of its final and binding decisions. She also explained about the nine constitutional justices and the state institutions that proposed them.

“Constitutional justices are proposed by three institutions: the House of Representatives/DPR, the Supreme Court, and the President. However, they must go through a test,” she added.

She also explained who can submit a petition for the judicial review of laws (UU) to the Constitutional Court. The Constitutional Court regulations (PMK) stipulate that individual Indonesian citizens, customary law community units that live in accordance with the development of society and the principles of the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia as regulated by laws, public or private legal entities, and state institutions that feel their constitutional rights and/or authorities have been violated by the enforcement of laws can file a judicial review petition to the Court.

She also mentioned several most-petitioned laws in the Court: the Election Law, the Criminal Procedure Code (KUHAP), the Regional Government Law, and the Regional Election (Pilkada) Law.

Author       : Fauzan Febriyan.
Editor        : Nur R.
Translator  : Tahlitha Laela/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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