Minister of Finance (Menkeu) Sri Mulyani Indrawati said that her ministry studied the decision of the Constitutional Court (MK) regarding free education organized by public and private schools.
Sri Mulyani continued that her ministry will also hold a special meeting to discuss the Constitutional Court's decision, including its impact on the budget.
"We study the decision. The Minister of Education and Culture (Minister of Basic and Secondary Education) has held a meeting, I am also preparing it," Sri Mulyani said as quoted by ANTARA, Monday, June 2.
After the limited meeting and after the press conference session, Sri Mulyani again emphasized several ministers such as herself, Mendikdasmen Abdul Mu'ti, and Minister of State Secretary (Mensesneg) Prasetyo Hadi studying the Constitutional Court's decision.
"We together with the Minister of Education Dasmen (Basic and Medium, ed.) together with the Minister of State Secretary will study the decision from the Constitutional Court, and what impact it will have (budget, ed.)," said Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani.
However, Sri Mulyani did not answer when asked when the meeting regarding the Constitutional Court's decision was held.
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On a separate occasion, Mendikdasmen Abdul Mu'ti said he was waiting for President Prabowo Subianto's direction, and the results of coordination with the Ministry of Finance to follow up on the Constitutional Court Decision Number 3/PUU-XXII/2024 which was read out by the panel of judges on 27 May 2025.
Therefore, in the meantime, Abdul Mu'ti is focused on three things.
First, how is the real substance of the Constitutional Court's decision. Second, what we are doing now is to help with education. Third, then we will draw up a scheme of about what we can do to implement this Constitutional Court decision," said Abdul Mu'ti in Jakarta, Monday.
Apart from that, the Minister of Education and Culture emphasized that the government is subject to the Constitutional Court's decision considering that the decision is final and binding.
"The Constitutional Court's decision is the final and binding (finals and binding), the decision is plenary, and binding. Therefore, of course, in its implementation we are all bound by the Constitutional Court's decision, but how to carry it out must coordinate with the relevant ministries, especially the Ministry of Finance and the important thing is the President, and the DPR's approval is related to the budget," continued Abdul Mu'ti.
The Constitutional Court last month ruled that the state, in this case the central and regional governments, must make basic education free organized by elementary, junior high, and madrasas or equivalent education units, both in public and private schools.
The Constitutional Court's decision answered a request for judicial review submitted by a civil society agency called the Indonesian Education Monitoring Network along with three housewives, namely Fathiyah, Novianisa Rizkika, and Riris Risma Anjiningrum.
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