Chief Justice Suhartoyo delivering his remarks at the farewell event for ad hoc transcribers for the general election results disputes (PHPU), Wednesday (6/12/2024). Photo by MKRI/Ifa.

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JAKARTA (MKRI) — After the 2024 presidential and legislative election results disputes (PHPU), the Constitutional Court (MK) said its goodbyes to the ad hoc transcribers. The event took place on Wednesday, June 12, 2024 in the Court’s conference room.

Seventy-five students of the Indonesian Academy of Secretarial Studies and Management (ASMI) and the Tarakanita School of Business Communication and Secretarial Studies attended the event. Chief Justice Suhartoyo, acting Chief Registrar Muhidin, head of the Center for Information and Communication Technology Sigit Purnomo, head of the Human Resources and Organization Bureau Sri Handayani, head of the Legal Affairs and Registrar Administration Bureau Fajar Laksono, and other structural officials were also in attendance.

In his remarks, Chief Justice Suhartoyo expressed his appreciation for the ad hoc transcribers’ support for the 2024 general election results disputes (PHPU).

“Without their help, we would be overwhelmed with preparing court transcripts, which serves as an important reference,” he said.

He believes transcripts of hearings serve as a basis to make decisions. The ad hoc transcribers, he said, not only received valuable lessons on how to transcribe Court hearings, but also on judicial administration or the process of adjudicating cases.

“Transcripts not only covers the administration, which comprises unrelated processes, but also serves as a reference for drafting decisions. Transcripts cannot be separated from decisions,” he explained.

Acting Chief Registrar Muhidin said that the transcripts that these transcribers had produced are a great help for substitute registrars, especially in drafting decisions for the 2024 general election results disputes.

“The role of court transcripts is very strategic in the framework of the Court’s duties,” he explained.

He emphasized that court transcripts record everything that happen at hearings, both from legal and non-legal perspectives. Substitute registrars filter them in order to draft decisions.

“The transcripts of hearings are changed into decisions by substitute registrars under the directive and guidance of the constitutional justices,” Muhidin said.

The Constitutional Court’s transcripts, he added, have been designed from the beginning to be modern. “I hope the transformation [from conventional to modern] will be swift, because swift transcripts are needed, which means in 30 workdays transcripts for legislative election results disputes must be completed. Once again, I’d like to express the highest appreciation for the transcribers’ work,” he stressed.

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Head of the Legal Affairs and Registrar Administration Bureau Fajar Laksono said, “We’d like to appreciate [these transcribers] because from the beginning of their duty until the end on June 14, they have completed their duties well.”

He revealed that soon the Court would be resolving regional election results disputes. These transcribers could be rehired for it. “Since their experience is a great asset for the success of the resolution of regional election results disputes,” he said.

Fajar added that ten interns from the Public Relations and Protocol Bureau had also contributed to the resolution of the 2024 general election results disputes (PHPU). After the remarks, the ad hoc transcribers and interns were invited to tour the Constitution History Center in the main building as well as the library in the second building.

To implement swift judicial process and meet the need for court transcripts, the Constitutional Court hired ad hoc transcribers to transcribe and record Court hearings. They were positioned in the registrar administration unit and tasked with transcribing all speech in the proceedings, replaying and paying attention to the proceedings, and performing transcription with typing speed of at least 350 characters per minute.

Author              : Utami Argawati
Editor               : Lulu Anjarsari P.
Translator        : Yuniar W. (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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