Petitioner Donaldy Christian Langgar, during the Judicial Review Hearing of Law No. 11 of 1969 on the Retired Employees and Their Widows/Widowers. Photo by MKRI/Panji.

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Jakarta (MKRI) – A citizen, Donaldy Christian Langgar, filed a judicial review of Article 18 paragraph (4) letter a of Law No. 11 of 1969 on the Retired Employees and Their Widowers to the Constitutional Court (MK) under Case No. 150/PUU-XXIII/2025. Due to the enactment of the law, the petitioner cannot receive the pension payment in full when the retired employees and their widows/widowers pass away.

“As an inheritor, he also receives a part of the benefit in addition to the parents, but he was not equally treated when making a payment claim,” Donaldy stated during the preliminary hearing on Monday, September 1, 2025.

Article 18, paragraph (4), letter a reads, “Children who are entitled to a widows/widowers pension or part of the pension according to the provisions of paragraph (1) or paragraph (2) of this Article, are those who, when the employee or pension recipient passes: a. have not reached 25 years of age, or.” According to the Petitioners, there may be a loophole in the law being challenged because he may be categorized as older than 25 years of age.”

Donaldy stated that age should not be used as a consideration. He argued that other requirements should be considered, such as being without income or unmarried. He opined that recognition of inheritor in general is proven by citizen identification as an official administrative data through court. In his petitum, the petitioner requested the Court to declare the substance of Article 18 paragraph (4) letter a of Law No. 11 of 1969 contrary to the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia, conditionally as long as it is not interpreted as “have not reached a certain age”.

The case was heard by a Panel of Justices presided over by Justice Arief Hidayat, accompanied by Justice Anwar Usman and Justice Enny Nurbaningsih. Justice Enny stated that the Petitioner’s arguments were confusing and not in accordance with the systematics of judicial review petitions based on Constitutional Court Regulation No. 7 of 2025 on the Procedure for Judicial Review Cases.

“The arguments are confusing. You are not to vent, but file a judicial review to the Constitutional Court,” Justice Enny stated.

Meanwhile, according to Justice Arief, this type of petition is considered vague or inadmissible. However, the Petitioner may revise the petition within 14 days. The document should be submitted to the Court on Monday, September 15, 2025, at 12.00 local time, at the latest. (*)

Author: Mimi Kartika
Editor: Lulu Anjarsari P.
PR: Raisa Ayuditha M.

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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