The petition revision hearing for the judicial review of the State Civil Apparatus (ASN) Law, Monday (4/21/2025). Photo by MKRI/Ilham W.M.

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JAKARTA (MKRI) — The Petitioner of case No. 12/PUU-XXIII/2025 on the judicial review of Law No. 20 of 2023 on the State Civil Apparatus (ASN Law) was absent from the petition revision hearing on Monday, April 21, 2025. Deputy Chief Justice Saldi Isra as panel chair said that the Petitioner also had not submitted the revised petition.

“The Petitioner also did not revise the petition,” he said alongside Constitutional Justices Ridwan Mansyur and Asrul Sani.

Therefore, only the initial petition by Lahat residence Erwin Febriansyah will be examined. The panel will report he case at a justice deliberation meeting.

Also read: Maximum Age Limit for Prospective Civil Servants in ASN Law Challenged

On Monday, March 10, the Petitioner did not mention any specific articles in the ASN Law that he would like to challenge. Instead, he questioned the Decrees of the Minister of Administrative and Bureaucratic Reform No. 320 of 2024 on the Mechanism of Civil Servant Recruitment for 2024 and No. 350 of 2024 on the Mechanism of Civil Servant Recruitment in Papua for 2024.

He argued that the different age limits for prospective civil servants (CPNS) with a bachelor degree or senior high school (SMA/SMK) diploma as well as for indigenous Papuans (OAP) versus non-indigenous Papuans in Papua have led to injustice.

“A bachelor degree education normally requires a 3.5 or 4-year study. This length should warrant an increase of [maximum] age limit for CPNS with a bachelor degree from 37 years to 38 years,” he said.

He argued that it is unfair that the maximum age limit for CPNS with a bachelor degree is set to be the same as that for CPNS with only senior high school diploma, at 35 years old. He also emphasized that the 48-year-old limit for CPNS who are indigenous Papuans discriminates against non-indigenous Papuans. In his petitum, he requested the Court that the ASN Law as well as he Decrees of the Minister of Administrative and Bureaucratic Reform No. 320 of 2024 and No. 350 of 2024 be declared contrary with Article 1 of Law No. 40 of 2008 on the Eradication of Discrimination against Race and Ethnicity and Article 29I of the 1945 Constitution.

Read the petition for case No. 12/PUU-XXIII/2025 here.

Author         : Mimi Kartika
Editor          : N. Rosi
PR               : Tiara Agustina
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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