House proposes 20 names for vacant justice posts
House proposes 20 names for vacant justice posts
JAKARTA (JP): The House of Representatives in its plenary
meeting yesterday proposed 20 candidates for the ten vacant
justice posts at the Supreme Court.
The posts have been vacant since eight justices retired last
year, and two of the Supreme Court deputy chief justices were
elected leaders of the institution last month.
Former deputy chief justice for military tribunal Sarwata and
former deputy chief justice of the state administrative court Th.
Ketut Suraputra were appointed Chief Justice and Vice Chief
Justice respectively. They replaced Soerjono and M. Djaelani.
The list of candidates drawn up by the House for submission to
President Soeharto includes the current secretary general of the
Supreme Court, Mangatas Nasution.
The other candidates are Abdul Kadir Roeslan, Achmad Kowi AS,
Achmad Tayibu, Darwin Lubis, Djufri Ramli, Emin Aminah Achdiat,
H.P. Pangabean, I Nengah Wedastra, Marnis Kahar, M. Saleh Rasyid,
Parman Suparman, Pranowo, R. Sunu Wahadi, Soekirno, Soenardi
Padang, Sudarno, Suwawi, Syamsuhadi, and Zainal Abidin Abubakar.
Shortly after the plenary meeting, legislator Handjojo Putro -
who was involved in drawing up the list -- expressed hopes that
the President would select the best candidates.
"May all those appointed later be those who are really
professional and mentally-prepared for the challenging post," he
said.
He said all the candidates were career-judges, "though some of
them have not been practicing judges for some time."
Also at the plenary meeting, the government filed nine bills
to the House for deliberation. The newly-submitted bills include
one on statistics, which some people say is anti-science because
its intention is to make the Central Bureau of Statistics the
sole agency authorized to approve research proposals in the
country.
"I hope the House will be able to finish deliberating those
bills before the day of the election campaign begins," Deputy
House Speaker Soetedjo, who presided at yesterday's plenary
meeting, said jokingly.
Indonesia has scheduled next May 29 as the general election
day. (O8)