MKMK Lacks Jurisdiction to Hear Lawsuit Over Alleged Ethics Violation by Adies Kadir; Plaintiff: We Are Disappointed, But...

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com — A number of senior professors, lecturers, and legal practitioners affiliated with the Constitutional and Administrative Law Society (CALS) say they are disappointed with the decision of the Mahkamah Kehormatan Mahkamah Konstitusi (MKMK) regarding the report of alleged ethics violations by Judge Adies Kadir.

Although disappointed, CALS as the complainant also said they were not surprised by the outcome of the decision.

“We are disappointed but not surprised. We are disappointed, for sure, because as the complainant we hoped our report would be accepted,” CALS representative Bivitri Susanti said after the session at the MK Building, Jakarta, on Thursday (5 March 2026).

A constitutional law expert from the Indonesian School of Law (STHI) said CALS were not surprised because the task of resolving this matter is indeed complex.

According to Bivitri, the decision regarding CALS’s report was not accepted on formal grounds.

“Bivitri said that, substantively, MKMK had in fact tried hard to weigh its report, but formally they were obliged to declare it inadmissible.”

“Bivitri stressed that CALS sought to report Adies Kadir as a form of moral accountability.”

CALS says it will not stop after this MKMK decision. They will file a petition with the Administrative Court (PTUN).

“We will not stop here. We are taking steps that will, later on, lead to a challenge to the Administrative Court (PTUN) over the process of selecting Adies Kadir as an MK judge,” Bivitri said.

In the PTUN case, CALS will lodge administrative objections concerning the process of selecting Adies Kadir as an MK judge.

Another CALS representative, Violla Reininda, also lamented MKMK for stating that it lacks authority to adjudicate the alleged ethics violation by Adies.

Violla hopes the MKMK can pursue extraordinary measures related to the CALS-filed report.