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Jokowi inaugurates Saldi Isra as new Constitutional Court justice
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Former Constitutional Court justice and current bribery suspect Patrialis Akbar (center) leaves the Corruption Eradication Commission building on Jan. 27. (JP/Dhoni Setiawan)
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resident Joko "Jokowi" Widodo on Tuesday inaugurated Saldi Isra, a law professor at Andalas University in Padang, West Sumatra, as the new Constitutional Court justice, replacing Patrialis Akbar, who was in detention for alleged corruption.
Saldi will serve in the post for the next five years.
The author of numerous books on good governance and conditional laws, Saldi has received some awards in the past decade as a result of his active participation in various civil society movements.
(Read also: Jokowi picks Saldi Isra as new MK justice to replace Patrialis)
In 2004, as an activist from the West Sumatra Care Forum, he received the prestigious Bung Hatta Anti-Corruption Award for his role in revealing corruption cases centered around the West Sumatra legislative council state budget, which had gone on since 1999.
In 2012, he was also granted the Megawati Soekarnoputri Award for his active role fighting corruption. Born on Aug. 20, 1968, Saldi is currently head of Andalas University’s doctoral program in its School of Law.
He also teaches Constitutional Law at the Padang-based university. Saldi earned his Bachelor's degree in law at Andalas University in 1995 before graduating from the Institute of Postgraduate Studies and Research at the University of Malaya, Malaysia, in 2001, with a Master's in public administration (MPA).
In 2009, he received a doctorate in law from Gadjah Mada University. (dan)
