F-PDIP Members Call The Constitutional Court Bill Canceled Brought To The Plenary After There Was A Rejection And Lobbying

PDIP DPP Chairman Djarot Saiful Hidayat/PHOTO: Nailin In Saroh-VOI

Member of the PDIP faction Djarot Saiful Hidayat said that the revision of the Constitutional Court Law (UU MK) was canceled to be brought to the plenary session to be approved into the DPR Initiative Proposal Bill today because there were rejections from several factions.

He said the PDIP faction lobbied other factions to reject the revision of the Constitutional Court Law which was previously discussed secretly by Commission III of the DPR. It is known that the Commission for Law discussed the revision of the Constitutional Court Law when the DPR was still in recess without the presence of members of the PDIP faction.

"Yes (there is a lobby so that it is not brought to the plenary session, ed)," said Djarot, Tuesday, May 28.

Previously, the Secretary of the PDIP faction and Chairman of Commission III of the DPR, Bambang Wuryanto or Bambang Pacul, stated that he would file a memorandum of objection or minderheit note if the revision of the Constitutional Court Law was ratified by the Plenary Session as a bill for the Proposal of the DPR Initiative.

The chairman of the PDIP DPP said that Bambang Pacul's statement was in line with his party's rejection. The PDIP faction, said Djarot, will build communication and invite other political party factions to reject the revision of the Constitutional Court Law.

"Rejecting the article on weakening the Constitutional Court, rejecting articles that have the potential to hinder or hinder MK judges who are objective, critical and brave who will later reduce or reduce the degree of independence of the Constitutional Court in order to really maintain the constitution," explained Djarot.

"Because we can't do it alone so that the articles quoted by smuggled articles can be prevented, communication must still be built. Because we expect the Constitutional Court to be very, very strategically important and the credible independent constitutional guard must be independent because he is the guardian of the constitution," continued the member of Commission IV of the DPR.

It is known that the DPR approved four revisions of the Law (UU) as the DPR Initiative Proposal Bill in the 18th Plenary Meeting of Session V for 2023-2024 at the Parliament Complex, Senayan, Jakarta, Tuesday, May 28.

The four bills are the Bill on the Third Amendment to Law no. 6 of 2011 concerning Immigration, the Bill on Amendments to Law no. 39 of 2008 concerning the Ministry of State, the Bill on Amendments to Law no. 34 of 2004 concerning the Indonesian National Army (TNI), and the Bill on Amendments to 3rd Law no. 2 of 2002 concerning the Indonesian National Police (Polri).