nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20230117-001820-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 230116s2023||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20230117-001820-0 doi eng 342 23 Adlan Hafiz, Kahfi Author aut Judicial Impartiality in Indonesia Under Attack - How Parliament and President Are Impinging on the Constitutional Court and Its Effects on the Forthcoming Election Adlan Hafiz, Kahfi Verfassungsblog 2023-01-16 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier The independence of judicial power in Indonesia is in a precarious situation. Lately, the parliament haphazardly dismissed Constitutional Judge Aswanto, a parliament-proposed Constitutional Judge. This situation was exacerbated through the inauguration of the parliament-proposed substitute, Constitutional Judge Guntur Hamzah, by President Widodo who could have refused to authorize this illegal act. Instead, President Widodo took part in the destruction of the Constitutional Court, putting judicial independence in Indonesia in jeopardy, particularly facing the upcoming 2024 election.  CC BY-SA 4.0 election of constitutional judges elections Indonesia Indonesian Constitutional Court judicial independence Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/judicial-impartiality-in-indonesia-under-attack/ raw object