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        "msgid": "ma-to-tackle-local-heads-impeachment-1447893297",
        "date": "2004-10-16 00:00:00",
        "title": "MA to tackle local heads impeachment",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
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        "topic": null,
        "summary": "MA to tackle local heads impeachment JAKARTA: Although Supreme Court (MA) chief Bagir Manan opposes a stipulation in the amended autonomy law that allows impeachment of regional executive heads directly elected by locals, he said on Friday that his office will issue a ruling on this matter. Bagir said the regulation will set out the mechanism of impeachment process at the court. \"It's the mandate of the law. We must implement it,\" he told journalists at his office in Central Jakarta.",
        "content": "<p>MA to tackle local heads impeachment<\/p>\n<p>JAKARTA: Although Supreme Court (MA) chief Bagir Manan opposes<br>\na stipulation in the amended autonomy law that allows impeachment<br>\nof regional executive heads directly elected by locals, he said<br>\non Friday that his office will issue a ruling on this matter.<\/p>\n<p>Bagir said the regulation will set out the mechanism of<br>\nimpeachment process at the court.<\/p>\n<p>\"It's the mandate of the law. We must implement it,\" he told<br>\njournalists at his office in Central Jakarta.<\/p>\n<p>Bagir said that court hearings for impeachment cases would be<br>\nopen to public because it is a sensitive political issue.<\/p>\n<p>He earlier said that impeachment cases of regional heads are<br>\nsupposedly settled by local councils and the Supreme Court should<br>\nnot be given this duty as it has been struggling to finish nearly<br>\n20,000 backlog cases. -- JP<\/p>",
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