MKMK Holds A Clarification Meeting To The Palapor Of The Case Of The Constitutional Court Judge Allegedly Violating The Code Of Ethics

Chairman of the Honorary Council of the Constitutional Court (MKMK) I Dewa Gede Palguna when met at the I MK RI Building, Jakarta, Thursday (25/1/2024). (ANTARA/Fath Putra Mulya)

JAKARTA - The Honorary Council of the Constitutional Court (MKMK) held a clarification meeting on the reporters of alleged constitutional judges violating the code of ethics with the reporting period November – December 2023 and January 2024. MKMK Chairman I Dewa Gede Palguna said the meeting was held to find out the attitudes of the reporters regarding the continuation of the report. The reason is, the report was received when the MKMK was still an ad hoc, which at that time was led by Jimly Asshiddiqie. “ These are cases that have entered before we were sworn in. And the entry has not been registered because it wants to be registered, right, the MKMK at that time was still an ad hoc MKMK,” said Palguna when met at Building I MK RI, Jakarta, Thursday, January 25. Palguna said that seven reporting parties were invited to the clarification meeting. All whistleblowers submitted their reports before MKMK “ Permanent ”, chaired by Palguna, was sworn in on January 8, 2024. "We affirmed that starting from duty it is January 8, 2024 to December 31, 2024. Therefore, of course we need clarification from these reporters, what about these things? Because formal procedures must be passed, so that later it will not cause technical problems in the future,” he said. This means that the current MKMK can only examine reports submitted from January 8, 2024. However, Palguna emphasized that his party could not force the reporters to re-submit their reports. "The point is we didn't order to make a report, we only said that what we could check were the cases that came in after January 8. That's why the reporters interpret it, right, we can't go there, to the substance,” said Palguna. Palguna said the MKMK would send a notification letter of the results of the meeting to the reporters. "We will also send a letter according to the results of the meeting that happened to them, so that there is a special answer. From the secretariat so that the correspondence process must also be proper, ” he said. It is known, MKMK ad hoc was formed on Tuesday, October 24, 2023 to follow up on public reports related to alleged violations of the code of ethics of constitutional judges in Case Decision Number 90/PUU-XXI/2023 concerning the terms of age for presidential and vice presidential candidates. MKMK has three ad hoc members, namely Jimly Asshiddiqie, Wahiduddin Adams, and Bintan R. Saragih. The three of them only worked for one month, from October 24 to November 24, 2023. One of the decisions of the MKMK ad hoc was to state that the Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court, Anwar Usman, was proven to have violated the code of ethics and behavior of the constitutional judge. He was sentenced to dismissal from office. After the MKMK ad hoc's term ended, public reports regarding alleged ethical violations by constitutional judges continued, until the permanent MKMK was formed.

The permanent MKMK consisting of I Dewa Gede Palguna, Ridwan Mansyur, and Yuliandri was officially sworn in on Monday, January 8, 2024. They carry out their duties as members of the MKMK from January 8 to December 31, 2024.