Dismissed By MKMK, PAN Legislator Asks Anwar Usman To Resign From The Constitutional Court Judge

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JAKARTA - Member of Commission III of the DPR from the PAN faction, Sarifuddin Sudding, respects the decision of the Honorary Council of the Constitutional Court (MKMK) which dismissed Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court Anwar Usman for violating ethics in decisions related to the age limit of the vice presidential candidate. "We should respect it as an instrument in maintaining ethical behavior and the honor of judges who are indeed given the authority to examine, try and decide alleged ethical violations of the Constitutional Court judge," said Sudding to reporters, Wednesday, November 8. According to Sudding, based on the Constitutional Court's decision which imposed severe sanctions in the form of dismissal as chairman of the Constitutional Court and not being allowed to handle election disputes, Anwar Usman should have resigned from the position of judge of the Constitutional Court. "As a judge whose authority has been partially revoked by the Constitutional Court, it is better for the person concerned to resign," he said. Or, added Sudding, the proposer's institution could withdraw Anwar Usman as a judge of the Constitutional Court. Because morally the attitude of statesmanship, integrity and professionalism of President Joko Widodo's (Jokowi) sister-in-law has been injured.

"And public trust has been eroded if the person concerned is still a judge at the Constitutional Court," said the PAN legislator.