KY Receives 385 Reports Of Alleged Violations Of Judges In The First Quarter Of 2022

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JAKARTA - The Judicial Commission (KY) has received 385 public reports and 179 copies of alleged violations of the Code of Ethics and the Code of Conduct for Judges (KEPPH) in the first quarter of 2022.

"Since the COVID-19 pandemic, the trend of public reports starting to submit online, namely 70 reports. Although 191 reports were dominated by mail delivery services and 119 reports came in person, the remaining 5 reports were in the form of information on alleged violations of judge behavior," said Head of Judicial Supervision KY Joko Sasmito quoted by Antara, Wednesday, April 20.

When compared to the first quarter of 2021, the number of public reports is relatively the same. Last year, KY received 378 reports. According to Joko, this public enthusiasm proves the active role of the public in maintaining the integrity of judges so that a clean and authoritative judiciary can be realized.

Joko said the top 10 provinces in submitting reports of alleged violations of KEPPH are still dominated by big cities in Indonesia. According to him, from year to year there are relatively not many changes, with the province with the most being DKI Jakarta with 78 reports.

There is also a view from the types of courts reported, which are still dominated by general courts, namely 241 reports. The next positions are religious courts with 39 reports, Supreme Court 38 reports, State Administration with 26 reports, Commerce 13 reports, Corruption with 7 reports, Industrial Relations 6 reports, Military 5 reports, and 10 other reports.

Not all reports can be processed by a panel or plenary examination session because KY needs to verify the incoming reports regarding the completeness of the requirements, such as having fulfilled the administrative and substance requirements, to be registered.

"From the verified 359 reports with a percentage of 93.24 percent of the reports received, KY stated that there were 68 reports that met the requirements for registration. That is, 48 reports come from 2021 reports, and 20 in 2022," said Joko.

In the period from January 3 to March 31, 2022, KY has received 108 requests for monitoring from 84 community reports and 24 monitoring based on KY initiatives.

"Monitoring the trial is a preventive measure so that judges remain independent and impartial in their decisions, without any intervention from any party. The results of the follow-up to requests for monitoring for the period January to March 2022 are 54 can be monitored, 20 cannot be monitored, and 34 are in the monitoring stage. analysis," said Joko.

There are several reasons why an application cannot be monitored. There are cases that are not within the jurisdiction of the Judicial Commission, then there are cases that have been requested have been decided, and there are no initial allegations of violating the code of ethics of the judge's code of conduct.