Preliminary hearing for Case No. 6/PUU-XXIV/2026 on the formal and material judicial review of Law No. 6 of 2023 on the Stipulation of Government Regulation in Lieu of Law No. 2 of 2022 on Job Creation into Law, Wednesday (1/21/2026). Photo by MKRI/Bay.

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JAKARTA (MKRI) — Three students, Saddam Husin, Iqbal Efendi, and Moch Rayhan Syahputra, filed a petition with the Constitutional Court (MK) seeking a review of Article 109 of Law No. 32 of 2009 on Environmental Protection and Management, as amended by Law No. 6 of 2023 on Job Creation. However, the Petitioners failed to attend the preliminary hearing for the petition registered as Case No. 6/PUU-XXIV/2026, which had been scheduled for Wednesday, January 21, 2026.

The Petitioners had been duly and properly summoned. Shortly before the hearing commenced, the panel of constitutional justices again called upon the Petitioners to appear in the courtroom.

“It has been established that the Petitioners for Case No. 6/PUU-XXIV/2026 are unable to attend this preliminary hearing. Therefore, I declare this hearing concluded and closed,” said Constitutional Justice Enny Nurbaningsih, who presided over the hearing, accompanied by Constitutional Justices Anwar Usman and Ridwan Mansyur.

In their petitum, the Petitioners requested the Court to declare Article 109 of the Job Creation Law contrary to the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia and conditionally constitutional, insofar as it is interpreted to mean that violations of the obligation to obtain environmental approval (AMDAL or UKL-UPL) are subject only to administrative sanctions without the possibility of criminal sanctions, which, according to them, could potentially weaken the protection of the right to a good and healthy environment.

Alternatively, they requested the Court to declare Article 109 conditionally unconstitutional insofar as it is not interpreted to mean that business actors and/or activities operating without environmental approval (AMDAL or UKL-UPL) may still be subject to criminal sanctions, in order to ensure the protection of citizens’ constitutional right to a good and healthy environment as guaranteed under Article 28H paragraph (1) of the 1945 Constitution.

Author : Mimi Kartika
Editor : Lulu Anjarsari P.
PR : Raisa Ayuditha M.
Translator : N. Valentino Rahadityo/Yuanna Sisilia

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