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JAKARTA: President Joko âJokowiâ Widodo has inagurated five new commissioners for the Judicial Commission at the State Palace
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AKARTA: President Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo has inagurated five new commissioners for the Judicial Commission at the State Palace.
The five candidates previously underwent screening tests, conducted by a government-sanctioned team, and faced confirmation hearings at the House of Representatives.
The new commissioners, announced on Friday, are: former religious court judge Maradaman Harahap; lawyers Farid Wajdi and Sumartoyo; Sukma Violetta, a former public attorney at the Foundation of the Indonesian Legal Aid Institute (YLBHI) and a former assistant with the Attorney General's Office (AGO) reform team; and former military judge Joko Sasmito, who presided over a 2013 trial that ended with the sentencing of three members of the Army's Special Forces (Kopassus) to between six and 11 years' prison for murder.
In late October, House Commission III overseeing legal affairs approved only five of the seven candidates short-listed by a government-sanctioned selection team. Lawmakers disqualified former Constitutional Court justice Harjono and Wiwiek Awiati, a law lecturer at the University of Indonesia and advisor to the Supreme Court reform team.
