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Judges start week-long strike for higher pay
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Judges preside over a trial at the East Jakarta District Court on Nov. 13, 2023. (Antara/Fakhri Hermansyah)
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cores of judges across the country began a week-long strike on Monday to draw the government’s attention to the fact that their wages have remained stagnant for 12 years.
Over 150 judges from outside Jakarta came to the capital on Monday to stage a protest organized under the Solidaritas Hakim Indonesia (Indonesian Judges Solidarity) movement.
Movement spokesperson Aulia Ali Reza said about 1,730 judges, out of the country’s total of about 7,700, took leave en masse for the five days until Friday and were planning to participate in the unofficial strike in their respective regions.
They are demanding that a 2012 government regulation on the financial rights of judges be revised to help pave the way for an increase in their pay and allowances.
Representatives of the striking judges met with the Supreme Court’s leadership and executives at the Indonesian Judges Association (IKAHI) on Monday to voice their demands, while another group met with Law and Human Rights Minister Supratman Andi Agtas.
The results of the meetings have yet to be announced.
The striking judges will not preside over any trials from Monday to Friday, having postponed them to the following week. But they have agreed to handle urgent cases.
