Tag: Indonesian constitution
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The Decline of the Indonesian Constitutional Court
–Stefanus Hendrianto, Pontifical Gregorian University On August 13, 2023, Indonesia celebrates the twentieth anniversary of the establishment of the country’s Constitutional Court. When the Court was initially established twenty years ago, it was a kind of joke that later turned out to be a serious affair.[1]
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After Twenty Years of the 2002 Indonesian “Constitution”: Will President Jokowi Stay in Power Longer?
–Stefanus Hendrianto, Pontifical Gregorian University The year 2022 marked the twentieth anniversary of the Indonesian “2002 Constitution.” But the country did not even have a subdued celebration for the Constitution amidst the increasing abuse of the Constitution by the Joko Widodo (“Jokowi”) administration.
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The End of the Beginning of Abusive Constitutional Borrowing in Indonesia: On the Suspension Order of the Omnibus Law of Job Creation
–Stefanus Hendrianto – Pontifical Gregorian University In recent months, one of the hot topics in Indonesian constitutional politics is the Indonesian Constitutional Court decision to issue a suspension order with two years deadline on the constitutionality of Law No. 11 of 2020 on Job Creation, commonly known as the Omnibus Law of the Job Creation.[1]