Decree on KJN team issued

JAKARTA: President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has issued a decree for the setting up of a team to select the members of the National Judicial Commission, an official said on Tuesday.

Zulkarnaen Yunus, the director general of general legal administration at the justice ministry, said he has obtained a copy of the decree, which is styled Presidential Decree No. 3/2005.

Under the decree, which was signed on Jan. 17, the selection team will consist of 22 members chaired by Abdulgani Abdullah, the justice ministry's director general of legislation.

The establishment of the judicial commission is mandated by law as part of the effort to ensure impartiality and professionalism on the part of the courts. The commission should have been set up a year ago, but its establishment was delay for unexplained reasons. --Antara