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Constitutional Court must consider substantive justice, says expert
A senior researcher with the Indonesian Public Institute, Karyono Wibowo, says the Constitutional Court should consider substantive justice in deciding its ruling on the judicial review against the 2014 regional elections (Pilkada) law
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senior researcher with the Indonesian Public Institute, Karyono Wibowo, says the Constitutional Court should consider substantive justice in deciding its ruling on the judicial review against the 2014 regional elections (Pilkada) law.
'We hope that the Constitutional Court will thoroughly examine not only formal laws but also subjective political interests behind the passing of the Pilkada bill into a law which mandates elections through regional legislative councils [DPRDs],' said Karyono as quoted by Antara news agency in Jakarta on Tuesday.
He said the passing of the Pilkada law should have been free of any subjective interests and not conducted merely as a power struggle.
Karyono said he hoped that the court would consider this matter in deciding on the judicial review against the Pilkada law, which had been filed by various elements of society.
'Most people are now waiting for the court's to see clearly the benefits and drawbacks of the Pilkada law,' he said.
The House of Representatives agreed to pass the Pilkada bill into a law in a vote in a plenary session which ended early on Friday. The decision triggered public outcry as it mandates the replacement of direct elections of regional heads with indirect elections. (ebf)
