Profile Of Refly Harun, A Constitutional Law Expert Reported By Hina Jokowi

YOGYAKARTA - The name Refly Harun is in the spotlight after being reported for allegedly insulting President Joko Widodo. United Indonesia Volunteers reported the constitutional law expert because it was considered to have caused a commotion from spreading hatred to hoax news. What is the profile of Refly Harun and his background like?

"This is making noise, unrest. Almost all public responses today hit him," said Lisman Haasibuan, Chairman of the United Indonesia Volunteers (RIB), on Tuesday (1/8/2023).

Refly Harun was reported at the same time as Rocky Gerung on July 31, 2023. Polda Metro Jaya confirmed that there were reports received regarding the alleged insult to President Jokowi by the two public figures. Reports on the two of them are registered with the number PLP/B/4459/VII/2023/SPKT POLDA METRO JAYA.

The roots of this hot case stem from Rocky's statement on YouTube which allegedly contained insults to Jokowi. Refly as the owner of the YouTube channel was also reported for spreading the hate speech. So what is Refly Harun's profile like?

Refly Harun was born in Palembang, South Sumatra, on January 26, 1970. Refly is known as an expert on constitutional law and a political observer. Refly was once trusted to hold an important position in the government to take care of the legal field.

Refly Harun began pursuing the legal world since studying undergraduates at the Faculty of Law, Gadjah Mada University (UGM). After earning his bachelor's degree in 1995, Refly continued his Master's (S2) education at the Faculty of Law, University of Indonesia (UI) and graduated in 2002.

To deepen insight and improve competence in the field of law, Refly also studied Master (S2) of constitutional law at Notre Dame University, United States and completed it in 2007. Refly also managed to get a doctorate (S3) at Andalas University in 2006.

Before deciding to have a career as an academic and legal expert, Refly Harun was first known as an activist and tasted his job as a journalist. Actually, the spirit of activist Refly has risen since he was a student when he became chairman of the legal executive body at UGM.

After graduating from studying at UGM, Refly started his career as a journalist at the Media Group. But in the middle of being a journalist, Refly felt that his intellectual spirit was getting hotter. He also decided to quit the world of journalism and swerve into the realm of academics, by continuing his master's and doctoral level legal studies.

When focusing on struggling in the legal world, Refly's intellectual career must be increasingly tested. He began to be active as a speaker, resource person, and observer of constitutional and political legal issues. Refly was also appointed to be an expert staff of a constitutional judge (MK) in 2003-2007.

Refly Harun was also appointed by Mahfud MD to be the head of the Anti Mafia MK team. In addition, Refly also became a consultant and researcher at the Center of Electoral Reform (Cetro) in 2008. After the 2014 presidential election, Refly was appointed an expert on the president.

Since then, the name Refly Harun has become increasingly known and respected. Not long after becoming an expert staff, Refly was chosen as the President Commissioner of BUMN PT Jasa Marga (Persero) Tbk. After being removed from this position, Refly chose to become a political observer and wrote a number of books on politics and state administration.

This is the review of Refly Harun's profile and his career journey as an academic, legal expert, and political observer. Currently Refly is actively creating podcast video content through the YouTube channel. For the alleged case of insulting the president, Refly was reported under the entanglement of Article 28 paragraph 2 in conjunction with Article 45 paragraph 2 of Law Number 19 of 2016 concerning ITE and or Article 156 of the Criminal Code and or Article 160 of the Criminal Code and or Article 14 paragraph 1 and paragraph 2 and or Article 15 of Law Number 1 of 1946 concerning Criminal Law Regulations.

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