Constitutional Court may be on time

JAKARTA: Despite the fact that there is only one month left until the deadline, chairman of the House's special committee deliberating the bill on constitutional court Zein Badjeber expressed his optimism on Wednesday that the draft law would be passed on time.

Zein, of the United Development Party, said he saw no contentious articles in the bill that might prove a stumbling block for its endorsement, scheduled for the end of this month.

Crucial contents of the bill include the authority of the Constitutional Court as stipulated in the amended 1945 Constitution, which says the government and the House must have established the Constitutional Court by Aug. 17, 2003.

The President, the House and the Supreme Court are each given three seats in the Constitutional Court, which is to consist of nine members. -- JP