Court ready for impeachment cases

Court ready for impeachment cases

JAKARTA: The Supreme Court is preparing a regulation to govern
the hearing of petitions to dismiss local government chief
executives brought by local legislatures.

Chief Justice Bagir Manan said on Monday that the regulation
would spell out the procedures for bringing such petitions and
for their handling by the Supreme Court.

Bagir said the Supreme Court would accept petitions seeking
the removal of governors and disputes over the results of direct
gubernatorial elections.

The provincial high courts, meanwhile, would be able to hear
impeachment cases involving mayors and regents, and disputes over
the results of mayoral and regental elections.

The direct election of local government chief executives will
start in July next year. -- JP