Jakarta (ANTARA) - The legal representatives of the House of\nRepresentatives (DPR RI) and the President have postponed providing\nstatements in the material review hearing of the Indonesian National\nPolice Law at the Constitutional Court (MK), Jakarta, on Thursday.<\/p>\n
Both the DPR and the President sent their legal representatives to\nattend the continuation hearing of Case Number 63\/PUU-XXIV\/2026, namely\nthe material review of Article 8 paragraphs (1) and (2) of Law Number 2\nof 2002 on the Indonesian National Police against the 1945\nConstitution.<\/p>\n
The DPR RI\u2019s legal team was represented by Wildan Ramdani from the\nDPR\u2019s Expert Body, who submitted a request for postponement of the\nstatement reading.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe from the DPR Expert Body Team hereby request a postponement of\nthe statement reading; the request letter has already been submitted,\u201d\nsaid Wildan.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the President\u2019s legal representatives were attended by two\nministries and institutions: from the National Police by Kombes Dandi\nAryo L as the mid-level analyst and advocate of the Police Legal\nDivision along with the team, and from the Ministry of Law by\nJualiansyah, as Director of Litigation and Non-Litigation.<\/p>\n
The President\u2019s legal representatives also requested a postponement\nof the statement reading due to not being ready.<\/p>\n
Chief Justice Suhartoyo, who presided over the session, agreed with\nthe other constitutional justices to postpone the provision of\nstatements and scheduled to hear the statements from the President and\nDPR RI again on Wednesday (13\/5) at 13.30 WIB.<\/p>\n
\u201cToday\u2019s hearing agenda was supposed to hear statements from the\nPresident and DPR, but both providers of statements informed the panel\nof justices that their statements could not yet be delivered, they are\nnot ready and request a postponement,\u201d said Suhartoyo.<\/p>\n
He continued, \u201cConveyed to the DPR and President\u2019s representatives to\nuse this second opportunity as best as possible; there will be no more\nrequests for postponement,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Previously, the material review case of the Polri Law was filed by\nadvocate Christian Adrianus Sihite regarding Article 8 paragraphs (1)\nand (2), which essentially requests that the National Police be under\nthe Ministry of Home Affairs (Kemendagri).<\/p>\n
The case, registered in February 2026, has undergone its preliminary\nhearing on 19 February 2026.<\/p>\n
In their petition, the petitioners request that the MK declare\nArticle 8 paragraph (1) of the Polri Law to be in conflict with the 1945\nConstitution of the Republic of Indonesia and to have no binding legal\nforce.<\/p>\n
The petitioners assess that the placement of the National Police\ndirectly under the President has the potential for discrimination,\nespecially for advocates defending the opposition or those opposing the\ngovernment, which will be treated differently from advocates defending\nthe government.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/legal-representatives-of-dpr-and-president-postpone-statements-in-polri-law-material-review-1776988325", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }