Jokowi Asks For Technology Improvement In MA In Line With The Quality Of Decisions

President of the Republic of Indonesia Joko Widodo (Photo: Setkab)

JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) appreciates the Supreme Court (MA) for being able to adapt the trial system using technology in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.

"I noted, before the pandemic, the Supreme Court already had big plans to use information technology in the judiciary. The arrival of the pandemic has actually accelerated the realization of this grand plan," said President Jokowi during his speech at the Special Plenary session of the Supreme Court Annual Report (2020) which was broadcast. on the Presidential Secretariat YouTube account, Thursday, February 17.

In addition, he also appreciated the efforts made by the Supreme Court to expand the implementation of e-Court and e-Litigation in handling criminal cases, military crimes and crimes as well as to improve the version of the verdict directory.

"I am also happy because the settlement of cases through the e-Court application received a very good response and when compared to 2019, the number of cases registered through e-Court in 2020 increased by 295 percent and 8,560 cases were tried by e-Litigation," he said.

Not only that, the former Governor of DKI Jakarta also mentioned that the Supreme Court currently has the highest number of cases received and decided in history and this is due to the application of technology. "Of course this can be done without reducing the quality of the verdict," he said.

"I hope that the Supreme Court will continue to improve the quality of the e-Court application, including standardizing the obligations of the parties, online examination of witnesses and experts, a copy of the verdict or e-Verdict as well as expanding the e-Court application for special civil cases," he added.

He said that such efforts must be made in order to reform the judiciary through the application of a modern justice system.

"As a bastion of justice, the Supreme Court can realize legal certainty for the public, business actors and investors through decisions that reduce disparity in punishment," he concluded.