Suhartoyo's Cry Isak When Admitting It's Not Easy To Restore Public Trust In The Constitutional Court

Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court Suhartoyo/screenshot of the Indonesian Constitutional Court Youtube

JAKARTA - Suhartoyo couldn't help but cry when he read his first speech after taking his oath of office as Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court (MK) for the period 2023-2028 today.

In his speech, Suhartoyo asked the public to return to provide support to the Constitutional Court with this new leadership so that the constitutional judicial institution could revive.

However, Suhartoyo also realized that it was not easy for his party to restore public trust in the Constitutional Court after the polemic of the Constitutional Court's decision regarding the age limit for presidential and vice presidential candidates during Anwar Usman's leadership.

"We will do our best to restore the public's trust, although we realize that this is not easy to do, such as turning the palm of the hand," Suhartoyo said at the Constitutional Court building, Jakarta, Monday, November 13.

While continuing his speech, Suhartoyo's sobs broke. He had time to pause to calm his sad emotions before returning to reading his speech. Sobbing, Suharyanto invited the constitutional judges to strengthen their performance again.

"To my colleagues, Your Excellency Mr. and Mrs. Hakim... let's rebuild synergy, brotherhood, and togetherness in work," said Suhartoyo.

According to Suhartoyo, there are still public demands that need to be achieved and fulfilled together by the judges, especially efforts to improve the quality of the verdict, as has become one of the Constitutional Court's institutional missions.

"For this reason, I will strengthen support for handling constitutional cases as well as increase motivation and sense of belonging from the employees of the Constitutional Court in order to create a more harmonious, focused, and balanced working atmosphere," he explained.

For information, the change of the Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court followed up on the results of the decision of the Honorary Council of the Constitutional Court (MKMK) which dismissed Anwar Usman.

In the decision on the ethical violation of constitutional judges which was read out on Tuesday, November 7, Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court Jimly Asshidiqqie stated that Anwar Usman was proven to have committed serious violations of the code of ethics and behavior of constituting judges.

The uncle of the prospective vice presidential candidate Gibran Rakabuming Raka, called the MKMK, opened a space for outsiders to intervene in the formulation of the Constitutional Court's decision in case number 90/PUU-XXI/2023 which allows regional heads not yet 40 years old to run as presidential and vice-presidential candidates.