Reflecting On The Supreme Court's Bribery Scandal, The Condition Of The Judiciary Power Institute Is Still Worrying

The legal discussion entitled 'Challenging the Consistency of Law Enforcement in Indonesia' was held by the Semarang Legal Journalists Forum. (Ist)

CENTRAL JAVA - State Administrative Law Lecturer at Sultan Agung Islamic University, Rahmat Bowo Suharto, assessed that the condition of law enforcement in the country is still concerning. According to him, if the bulwark of justice wants to stand strong, the apparatus must consistently enforce the law. This was conveyed by Rahmat during a legal discussion entitled "Demitting the Consistency of Law Enforcement in Indonesia which was held by the Semarang Legal Journalists Forum in Semarang, Central Java (Central Java), Monday 7 August.

"The inconsistency of law enforcement will create legal uncertainty. As a result, access to justice for the people who seek justice is increasingly unaffordable. The concept of law enforcement is law enforcement which is carried out firmly, straightforwardly, professionally, and is not discriminatory while remaining based on respect for human rights, justice, and truth," said Rahmat.

According to him, law enforcement in judicial institutions must be with a transparent and open trial in order to realize order and social discipline so that it can support development and strengthen national stability.

On the same occasion, political observer Ari Junaedi highlighted the performance of the Supreme Court (MA) as the last bastion of justice which is naturally sterile and immune from litigants.

He gave an example of the bribery scandal revealed by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) recently involving staff, clerks, Supreme Court judges and even the secretary of the Supreme Court. This, he said, showed that the condition of the judiciary's power agency was truly worrying.

"The Supreme Court should maintain its dignity as the last bastion of justice by keeping a distance from all litigants, even with the Bank Indonesia Liquidity Assistance Task Force (BLBI Task Force). Given that the BLBI Task Force is also a litigant, the Supreme Court should not have attended the meeting even though it was packaged with the name focus group discussion (FGD) which was held some time ago in Bandung, West Java," said Ari.

In line with Ari, Diponegero University criminal law teacher Umi Rozah hopes that the judge's recruitment pattern must be addressed considering that judges should not only use their logic but also their conscience.

"The judge must not be fixated on formal legalistics, even though the subtance of justice can be obtained using reason and conscience. Many legal cases are resolved by judges with a pattern like a mechanical robot as a result, the resulting legal products become fake," he said.