The Marriage Of Anwar Usman And Jokowi's Sister Should Not Become A Polemic, Commission III Believes That The Independence Of The Constitutional Court Will Be Maintained

President Jokowi and Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court, Anwar Usman Attend the 2019 Annual Report of the Constitutional Court (Photo: BPMI Setpres/Muchlis Jr)

JAKARTA - Member of Commission III of the House of Representatives Sari Yuliati, assessed that the marriage plan of the Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court, Anwar Usman with Idayati, the younger brother of President Joko Widodo, is a personal matter that does not need to be debated.

Sari Yuliati believes Anwar Usman can be professional and can differentiate between family and position issues. He also asked the public not to worry about the independence of the Constitutional Court.

“The Constitutional Court is independent, both structurally and functionally based on the provisions of the Act. There are 9 judges of the Constitutional Court and all decisions are made based on deliberation and consensus so that the cases decided must be objective," said Sari to reporters, Wednesday, March 23.

This Golkar Party legislator said that basically marriage is a matter of love and worship. Both, said Sari, are private matters that do not need to be associated with politics. Moreover, it is doubtful that the Court's performance will be influenced by the Palace.

"Marriage is worship, love matters are matters of the heart and very private, so there is no need to associate it with political matters. The Constitutional Court is a state institution and has a strong system in its working mechanism," he explained.

Sari actually prayed for the smooth running of the wedding procession for Anwar Usman, who is known to have been a widower since 2021.

"I send prayers for Mr. Anwar Usman and his future wife, Mrs. Idayati, so that the wedding procession will be smooth," said Sari.