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Government Expert Defends Broad Presidential Discretion in Declaring National Disasters

JAKARTA, MKRI – The government defended the President’s broad discretionary authority in determining national disaster status during a Constitutional Court hearing reviewing Law No. 24 of 2007 on Disaster Management on Monday (11 May 2026). Appearing as an expert witness for…read more

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Students Ask to Clarify Parameters for “Disturbing Order” in Police Law

Jakarta (MKRI) – The phrase “disturbing order” as stipulated in Article 14 paragraph (1) letter i of Law No. 2 of 2002 on the Indonesian National Police (Police Law) is challenged by Isma Maulana Ihsan, Yanuar Atha Prabowo, Riyan Zainur…read more

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Advocates Demand Clarification of Criteria for “Improper” Conduct

JAKARTA (MKRI) – An advocate named Yayang Nanda Budiman has filed a petition to challenge the phrase "inappropriate" in Article 6 letter b of Law No. 18 of 2003 on Advocates (the Advocates Law) with the Constitutional Court (MK). The…read more

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State-Owned Bank Retiree Challenges Marriage Law before Constitutional Court

JAKARTA, MKRI – A retiree of a state-owned bank, Nico Indra Sakti, has filed a petition for a judicial review of Article 29 paragraphs (1), (3), and (4) of Law No. 1 of 1974 on Marriage (Marriage Law), as construed…read more

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Absence of an Independent Personal Data Protection Authority

JAKARTA, (MKRI) – Legal Consultant Pardamean Sihombing, Advocate Eprina Manurung, Advocate Christian Adrianus Sihite, and a student, Matthew Febrian Otniel Lambok Hutasoit, stated that Law Number 27 of 2022 on Personal Data Protection (PDP Law) explicitly mandates the establishment of…read more

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Advocate Challenges Criminal Military and Civil Court in KUHAP

Jakarta (MKRI) – Christian Adrianus Sihite requested a material review of Law No. 20 of 2025 on the Criminal Procedure Code (KUHAP) to the Constitutional Court (MK). The preliminary hearing of Case No. 157/PUU-XXIV/2026 was held on Thursday, May 7,…read more

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Court Finds Identical Arguments, Advocates Withdraw Petition

JAKARTA (MKRI) — Nine advocates filed a petition for the judicial review of Article 1 point 22 and Article 151 paragraph (2) letter b of Law No. 20 of 2025 on the Criminal Procedure Code (KUHAP) against the 1945 Constitution…read more

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House, Govt Unprepared to Respond to Petition on Land Registration

JAKARTA (MKRI) — The Constitutional Court held the third hearing for the material judicial review of Basic Agrarian Law No. 5 of 1960 (UUPA) on Thursday, May 7, 2026. The hearing for the petition filed by Ariyanto Zalukhu, Desimeni Larosa, Christina…read more

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President’s Expert: PSN as Legal Policy Is Legitimate State Intervention

JAKARTA (MKRI) — The Constitutional Court held another hearing for the material judicial review of Law No. 6 of 2023 on the Stipulation of the Government Regulation in Lieu of Law (Perppu) No. 2 of 2022 on Job Creation into…read more

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Petitioner Alleges Case of Advocate Fraud Against Client

JAKARTA (MKRI) – Private employee Sandi Silvia as the Petitioner for Petition No. 136/PUU-XXIV/2026 submitted a revised petition for material review of Article 12 paragraph (1) and paragraph (2) of Law No. 18 of 2003 on Advocates (Advocate Law) in…read more