Court welcoming UIN Syarif Hidayatullah students on Thursday (6/11/2026). Photo by MKRI/Bay.

JAKARTA (MKRI) – The Constitutional Court (MK) welcomed students from the Faculty of Sharia and Law of the Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University (UIN) Jakarta on Thursday, June 11, 2026. The group was welcomed by Arinta Sulistiyo Eko Prabowo, the Constitutional Court's Expert Legal Analyst, who served as a resource person for the event.

To the 113 students present in the Hall of Building 1 of the Constitutional Court, the man familiarly known as Tiyo explained interactively the history of the foundation of the Constitutional Court from the results of the reform movement which wanted a judicial institution to resolve Indonesia's constitutional problems.

"Well, that's just a general outline of the conditions that are one of the reasons why there needs to be an Institution that can handle these problems. Therefore, let's create an Institution that can do all of that, namely the Constitutional Court. And since then, Indonesia has had two judicial powers," said Tiyo.

Tiyo further explained the Constitutional Court's authority to review laws (UU) against the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia (UUD NRI 1945), decide on disputes over the authority of state institutions whose authority is granted by the 1945 UUD NRI, decide on the dissolution of political parties, decide on disputes over general election results, and is obliged to decide on the opinion of the House of Representatives (DPR) that the President and/or Vice President has committed a violation. The authority of judicial review is also held by the Supreme Court (MA), but unlike the Constitutional Court, judicial review in the Supreme Court is to review laws and regulations under the Law against the Law (UU). Next, Tiyo explained that the Constitutional Court has nine Constitutional Justices proposed by the House of Representatives (DPR), the President, and the Supreme Court (MA) as representatives of the three branches of state power.

Answering participants' questions regarding the dissolution of political parties, Tiyo explained that until now the Constitutional Court hasn’t used its authority to dissolve political parties because only the President can be the Petitioner.

Furthermore, regarding the judicial review of laws against the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia, Tiyo explained that all Indonesian citizens (WNI) can file a petition for judicial review of laws, including students. Petitions can be submitted both offline and online. In some court hearings, Petitioners didn’t appear in the Constitutional Court building at all, only attending online. (*)

Author           : Ilham W.M.

Editor            : Lulu Anjarsari P.

Translator     : Donny Yuniarto

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