Constitutional Justice Arief Hidayat delivering a keynote speech at the National Seminar of Diponegoro Law Fair 2024 at the Auditorium of Diponegoro University, Sunday (10/27/2024). Photo by MKRI/Panji.
SEMARANG, MKRI Public Relations - Constitutional Justice Arief Hidayat delivered a keynote speech at the series of National Seminar in the Diponegoro Law Fair 2024. The seminar took place at the Diponegoro University (Undip) Auditorium on Sunday (10/27/2024).
In his speech entitled "Dissenting Opinion as a Form of Functional Independence of Justices," Justice Arief highlighted the importance of the role of justices in maintaining freedom and functional integrity in making legal decisions. He emphasized that a Justice of Constitutional Court (MK) must deeply understand the values of Pancasila and state principles, considering that the Court plays a strategic role in determining the direction of state policy.
Justice Arief also underlined the importance of an independent judiciary, as well as maintaining consistent functional independence of justices and budget independence as a reflection of a constitutional democratic state. According to him, the Court is an institution that exercises judicial power independently to uphold law and justice, where any form of intervention in judicial affairs is not permitted, except in matters which are regulated in the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia.
Justice Arief added that Indonesia now adheres to a mixed legal system between civil law and common law, especially with the presence of the Constitutional Court which allows differences of opinion or dissenting opinions in decisions as something normal. He stated that dissenting opinions are important to provide different points of view that can be used as material for public study and are a form of judge's accountability to God Almighty.
At the end of his speech, Justice Arief invited the participants to implement the law as well as possible and reminded intellectuals to be a compass that directs positive change without being trapped by power. He also reminded students to maintain the right rule of law, especially in supervising the regional head elections so that people can choose the right leaders for the good of the region and the nation. "Hopefully Indonesia will become more advanced and better," concluded Justice Arief.
For the information, this national seminar is one of a series of events at the Diponegoro Law Fair 2024 organized by the Faculty of Law, Diponegoro University. In 2024, this seminar will be presented with the theme "The Role of Dissenting Opinion as a Catalyst for Change in Shaping Constitutional Court Decisions and Public Discourse."
Apart from seminars, several competitions were also held. First, the National Legal Debate Competition. First place was won by H. Nani Wartabone (Gadjah Mada University), second place was Teuku Umar (University of Indonesia), Best Speaker, Anika Minerva Pramono, H. Nani Wartabone.
Second, Contract Drafting and Negotiation Competition. 1st place in Turangga (University of Indonesia), 2nd place in Wijayakusuma (Trisakti University), 3rd place in Singasari (Gadjah Mada University), and Best Contract: Wijayakusuma (Trisakti University).
Third, Scientific Writing Competition. First Place Anandita (Sebelas Maret University), Second Place Byandra (Airlangga University), Third Place Chitrangada (Bandung Islamic University), and Best Paper, Byandra (Airlangga University). Meanwhile, the overall champion of the Diponegoro Law Fair 2024 was won by the University of Indonesia.
Author : Utami Argawati
Editor : N. Rosi
Translator : Donny Yuniarto (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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