Commission cautions Supreme Court

JAKARTA: The Judicial Commission said here on Monday it would soon send a letter to reprimand the Supreme Court over the former's recommendation against judges handling a dispute over the Depok mayoral election.

"Hopefully, the letter will be sent this week," commission chairman Busro Muqoddas said.

He said the letter would admonish the Supreme Court for giving a slow response to the Judicial Commission's recommendation that the country's highest court take firm action against judges of the West Java High Court who overturned the victory of former forestry minister Nurmahmudi Ismail in the recent election.

The commission said it found irregularities in the decision- making process by the judges when they ruled in favor of Nurmahmudi's rival candidate from the Golkar Party.

"The essence of the letter is to question why the Supreme Court has not yet responded to the Judicial Commission's recommendation issued two months ago," Busro said.

The Depok Election Commission has filed a request for the Supreme Court to review the case against Nurmahmudi of the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS). --Antara