Judicial Impartiality in Indonesia Under Attack - How Parliament and President Are Impinging on the Constitutional Court and Its Effects on the Forthcoming Election

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 Author aut Text xx# 2023 Verfassungsblog 2023-01-16 eng 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 Adlan Hafiz, Kahfi election of constitutional judges elections Indonesia Indonesian Constitutional Court judicial independence 342 https://verfassungsblog.de/judicial-impartiality-in-indonesia-under-attack/ Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH 10.17176/20230117-001820-0 230116 10.17176/20230117-001820-0 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.7 using MARC21slim2MODS3-7.xsl (Revision 1.140 20200717)