The Faculty of Law, University of Pancasila (FHUP) held a public lecture on the proceedings at the Constitutional Court with the resource person being the Judge of the Constitutional Court, Prof. Dr. Saldi Isra as the main speaker, and Pan Mohamad Faiz, S.H., M.C.L., Ph.D., a senior researcher at the Constitutional Court.
“This public lecture is expected to provide ammunition of knowledge for lecturers and students so that they are more familiar with the proceedings at the Constitutional Court,” said the Dean of the Faculty of Law, Universitas Pancasia, Prof. Dr. Eddy Pratomo, S.H., M.A. in a statement Monday.
Former Ambassador of R.I. In Germany, he said this public lecture was held within the framework of the Independent Campus Competition Program (PKKM) which was mandated to the Faculty of Law, Pancasila University
One of PKKM activities is the establishment of a Legal Clinic where education to introduce real problems in seeking justice in various forums, including constitutional courts, needs to be given to students.
“I welcome this activity considering that currently constitutional law courses are booming in various law faculties, and FHUP currently has a constitutional specialty program in the Postgraduate Program,” he said.
Meanwhile, Constitutional Court Judge Prof. Dr. Saldi Isra, S.H., M.P.A., explains the comparison of the powers of judicial review in the United States and Indonesia.
“Judicial power requires the authority to make corrections to laws against the constitution as an effort to apply the principle of checks and balances, outside of political institutions as legislative powers,” he said.
Prof. Saldi also said that judicial review must be distinguished from concrete cases, such as the settlement of disputes over election results and disputes over election results to the regions.
Concrete cases have different characteristics from the judicial review, so handling them also has a different character. This is what needs to be understood, especially by students of the Faculty of Law
He added that many requests were not accompanied by clear reasons, so judges often gave advice to improve the applications.
Pan Mohamad Faiz, elaborated further on Prof.’s presentation. Dr. Saldi Isra, by showing the percentage of petitions filed at the Constitutional Court.
“Quantitatively, it’s a lot, but that doesn’t mean the quality of the law is bad,” he said.
This needs to be understood because Indonesia, unlike other countries, provides a wide space for every citizen to become an applicant.
“We must also understand that Indonesia adheres to the concept of The Living Constitution, as a consequence of the dynamics of society and its state administration,” he said.
Source : https://megapolitan.antaranews.com/berita/148246/fhup-beri-kuliah-umum-tentang-mahkamah-konstitusi