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Court Approves Withdrawal of Petition on TNI’s Retirement Age

JAKARTA (MKRI) — The Constitutional Court (MK) issued decree on the withdrawal of a material judicial review petition against Law No. 34 of 2004 on the Indonesian Armed Forces (TNI Law) relating to the TNI’s retirement age. “The Court decides to…read more

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Justices Must Internalize Their Role as Guardians of Constitution

JAKARTA (MKRI) — The revision hearing for the judicial review of Law No. 24 of 2003 on the Constitutional Court in the aftermath of the Court’s Decision No. 90/PUU-XXI/2023—in which it interpreted Article 169 letter q of the Election Law on…read more

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Court Interprets Tenure Limit for Regional Heads Elected in 2018 Election

JAKARTA (MKRI) — The Constitutional Court (MK) declared Article 201 paragraph (5) of Law No. 10 of 2016 on the Second Amendment to Law No. 1 of 2015 on the Stipulation of Government Regulation in Lieu of Law No.…read more

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Provision Mandating Prospective Advocates to Intern Declared Constitutional

JAKARTA (MKRI) — The constitutional justices held that eliminating the internship process as one of the mandatory requirements for prospective advocates, despite them having prior experience as law enforcement, cannot be justified since advocates not only potentially act as legal…read more

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Expert: Criminal Code’s Articles 14-15 Threatens Democracy

JAKARTA (MKRI) — Testifying as an expert for the Petitioners of case No. 78/PUU-XXI/2023, senior journalist Bambang Harymurti said that the implementation of Articles 14 and 15 of Law No. 1 of 1946 on the Criminal Code (KUHP) has…read more

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Provisions on KPU’s & Bawaslu’s Duties in Election Law Constitutional

JAKARTA (MKRI) — The Constitutional Court (MK) rejected the judicial review petition of Article 12 letter I and Article 93 letter m of Law No. 7 of 2017 on General Elections (Election Law) and their elucidation filed by twelve…read more

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Court: Additional Requirements for Constitutional Justice Candidates Lawmakers’ Prerogative

JAKARTA (MKRI) — The Constitutional Court (MK) rejected the entire material judicial review petition of Article 15 paragraph (2) of Law No. 7 of 2020 on the Third Amendment to Law No. 24 of 2003 on the Constitutional Court for…read more

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Investigators of Financial Service Crimes Expanded

JAKARTA (MKRI) — The Constitutional Court (MK) re-interpreted the definition of investigators in financial service crimes as stipulated in Article 8 point 21 of Law No. 4 of 2023 on Financial Sector Development and Reinforcement (P2SK Law). The justices believe…read more

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Labor Party, Workers Unions Challenge 12 Clusters of Job Creation Law

JAKARTA (MKRI) — The Constitutional Court (MK) held a material judicial review hearing of Article 137 paragraph (2) letter c and Article 138 of Law No. 6 of 2023 on the Stipulation of Government Regulation in Lieu of Law No.…read more

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State Officials’ Campaigns Show Potential Conflict of Interest

JAKARTA (MKRI) — Advocate Gugum Ridho Putra challenges the provision on election campaign in Law No. 7 of 2017 on General Elections (Election Law). He argues there is a legal vacuum in the provisions on campaign for the upcoming 2024…read more