48 Judges Evidently Violating Ethics In The First Three Months Of 2021

JAKARTA - The Indonesian Judicial Commission (KY) imposed sanctions on 48 judges for violating the code of ethics and code of conduct for judges (KEPPH) in the first quarter of 2021.

"This is to ensure that the supervision carried out by KY is still upholding the honor and dignity of judges," said Chief Judge Supervision and Investigation of KY Sukma Violetta in Jakarta, as reported by Antara, Monday, May 3.

Imposing sanctions based on the results of the examination at the panel and plenary sessions. KY firmly ensures the enforcement of the code of ethics of judges to maintain the dignity of the judge profession.

Judges found to have violated the KEPPH were given sanctions in accordance with the violations committed, with details of 36 judges being given light sanctions, 10 judges being given moderate sanctions and two judges being given severe sanctions. Subsequent sanctions recommendations are submitted to the Supreme Court (MA) for the implementation of sanctions implementation.

"The light sanctions are in the form of verbal warning for six judges, written warning for 11 judges, and written dissatisfaction statements for 19 judges," he said.

For heavy sanctions, said Sukma, KY decided two judges to be subject to non-hammering sanctions for more than six months and a maximum of two years.

"However, the implementation of the imposition of KY sanctions is often hampered because the Supreme Court does not fully follow up on the decisions and there are overlapping tasks," he said.

The 23 proposed sanctions have yet to receive a response from the Supreme Court regarding the real implementation of these sanctions. For the remaining 25 decisions, KY is still in the process of mutating the decisions.

The handling process is carried out through examination of various parties, both reporters and witnesses, equipped with the preparation of examination minutes, collecting detailed evidence before examining judges and imposing sanctions according to the level of error.

During the first quarter of 2021, KY had conducted a panel of 61 reports with the results of 18 reports being deemed actionable and 43 reports deemed not actionable. The next treatment was the implementation of plenary sessions totaling 94 reports.

"The plenary session decided that 27 reports were proven to have violated and 67 reports were not proven to have violated the code of ethics and code of conduct for judges," said Sukma.