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SUPREME AUDITOR: QUALITY OF REPORTS STILL LOW, UNQUALIFIED RECEIVER INCREASE

[9/6/08] For four consecutive times, since 2004 until 2007, overall government financial report…read more



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PRESIDENT ELECTION ADDED PUBLIC TRUST

by : Siagian Priska Cesillia To let democracy mature, the awareness to keep pluralism value is necessary. The Head of Executive Committee of Democrat Party (DPP Partai Demokrat) Anas Urbaningrum though the direct election for President in 2004 actually…read more



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REVISION OF CONSTITUTIONAL COURT ACT. COURT DECISION NOT TO GIVE ORDER TO PARLIAMENT

[11/6/08] At least there are 27 items to be added to the Act on Constitutional Court. Decision of the Constitutional Court that gives three years for the legislators to finish the protection of Corruption Criminal Court seemed to…read more



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Will Germany s Constitutional Court Overturn Smoking Ban?

By Dietmar Hipp read more



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REGIONAL GOVT & JAKARTA ACT TRIAL: PARLIAMENT ABSENT, GOVERNMENT NO EXPLANATION

The Constitutional Court (Mahkamah Konstitusi (MK)) conducted the third trial session of Act No. 32/2004 about Provincial Government (Provincial Government Act) and UU No. 29/2007 about Provincial Government of Jakarta Special Capital City as Capital City of Unitary State of…read more



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Legal victory came too late to save father s life

François Rank Published:Jun 08, 2008 Constitutional Court strikes down law that denied justice to Dingaan Nyathi. IF the Gauteng Health Department had paid the money it owed Dingaan Nyathi, chances are he would still be alive. Instead he succumbed to…read more



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The court assigns itself with new tasks

Political scientist Professor Ersin KalaycıoÄŸlu said: "With its decision on the headscarf, the constitutional court has audited the unchangeable articles of the constitutional law. It seems that the court has done this as an indispensable part of its own audit."…read more



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REVISION OF GENERAL ACT TRIAL PETITION

The Constitutional Court (Mahkamah Konstitusi (MK)) conducted a trial session on Act No.10/ 2008 about General Election of the Member of the Parliament, Regional Council, and Provincial Parliament (General Election Act), Monday (06/09), in…read more



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PENAL CODE TRIAL: JUSTICE THOUGH THE PETITION WAS NOT SYNCHRONIC

The Petitioners of humiliation articles in Penal Code (KUHP) trial, , Risang Bima Wijaya and Bersihar Lubis, kept on considering that criminal sanction set in Article 310 Paragraph (1) and Paragraph (2) as well as Article 311 had limited their…read more



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BREAKING: Turkish Constitutional Court Upholds Headscarf Ban

Turkey s constitutional court ruled that the AKP and MHP supported laws to abolish the headscarf ban in universities is unconstitutional. The court says that Islamic head scarves violate the principles of secularism (as established in the country s constitution).…read more