Deputy Chief Justice Saldi Isra pronouncing the Court’s legal consideration during the Decision Pronouncement Hearing on the judicial review of Law No. 12 of 2006 on Citizenship of the Republic of Indonesia, Wednesday (14/05), at the Courtroom. Photo by MKRI/Ifa.

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Jakarta (MKRI) – The Constitutional Court decided that Case No. 14/PUU-XXIII/2025 on the material judicial review of Law No. 12 of 2006 on Citizenship of the Republic of Indonesia cannot be accepted. The decision was pronounced in a hearing on Wednesday, May 14, 2025, at the Courtroom.

“Declare the petitioner’s petition on Case No. 14/PUU-XXIII/2025 cannot be accepted,” Chief Justice Suhartoyo stated during the decision pronouncement hearing.

Reading out the legal considerations, Deputy Chief Justice Saldi Isra stated that the Petitioner did not provide clear legal arguments to request an interpretation of the norms in the article tested. In addition, its petitums did not conform to the format/systematics commonly used in judicial review petitions submitted to the Court.

“Hence, the petitums are considered to have a vague petitum formulation. Moreover, the petitums are formulated cumulatively, so that the whole petitums becomes vague,”  Deputy Chief Justice Saldi Isra said.

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Subhan, an advocate, submitted a material judicial review of Article 2 of the Citizenship Law to the Constitutional Court. In the petition, he considered that the provision on the said article contradicts Article 26 paragraph (1) of the 1945 Constitution.

Subhan also cited Article 28D paragraph (3) of the 1945 Constitution, which states that every citizen has the right to obtain equal opportunity in the government. To him, this right only applies to Indonesian citizens, both the Indigenous Indonesian nation and other nations that have been legalized as citizens by law. However, based on the Petitioner’s observation, some practices are not in accordance with the provisions, where individuals with no legalization certificate as citizens may hold government positions.

In the petitums, the Petitioner requested the Court to declare that the phrase “individuals of other nations legalized by law” in Article 2 of the Citizenship Law is contrary to the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia and does not have legally binding power except proven by official legalization. The Petitioner also requested the Court to emphasize that individuals of other nations who run for office have legalization as Indonesian citizens based on laws and regulations.

Author: Utami Argawati
Editor: Lulu Anjarsari P.
PR: Fauzan Febriyan

Translator: Rizky Kurnia Chaesario

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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