UNAIR NEWS – The condition of one of the state’s high institutions is not good. One of the judges in the Constitutional Court is considered to have committed ethical violations twice. In fact, the judge is the chairman of the Guardian of Constitution who should guard the constitutional honor.
This irregularity encouraged the lecturers in the Department of Constitutional Law, Faculty of Law, Universitas Airlangga, to hold a discussion on Ethics and Law in the State Administration on Friday, February 9, Faculty Club Building A FH UNAIR.
Opening the discussion session, Haidar Adam SH, LL.M., as a lecturer of the State Science lecturer as well as a moderator presented his views on the issue. Adam said that the Constitutional Court is one of the high institutions of the country that was born from the reformation. Its presence is expected to produce authoritative decisions.
“Today when we faced with this kind of problem, of course, public trust is running low, especially when the Court itself has experienced the bad time when its chairman was arrested by the KPK. This case, of course, degraded MK even more. This discussion is a form of response to the Constitutional Court to clean up and maintain its honor, “he said.
The speaker was Dr. Sukardi SH, MH, expert on Constitutional Law. Sukardi explained that when speaking of law and powe, there are two views. First, positivism. The postive law has nothing to do with morals, ethics, and so on. But the law is something that the authorities make. Second, when the ruler makes a rule then the rule is something to do with value. The good and the bad is from how people violates others or not.
Endang Sayekti, SH, M. Hum., responded that the teachings or philosophy that was presented must be understandable. That it is the ethics taught to the people by the king.
“The king is not anti-criticism. But this is Indonesia, it is different. This Court should be open to criticism because the era is different. The judges of Constitutional Court should be able to do their jobs without response, “he concluded.
In addition to lecturers, the discussion was also attended by several students and various media. The discussion ended with the signing session as the form of hope and ideals against the Constitutional Court.
Author: Pradita Desyanti
Editor: Nuri Hermawan
