MKMK Rules It Has No Jurisdiction to Adjudicate Adies Kadir's Ethics Report

The Honour Council of the Constitutional Court (MKMK) has ruled that it is not authorised to adjudicate the report alleging violations of the code of ethics by Constitutional Judge Adies Kadir. The council said it was not competent to examine, adjudicate and decide the report in question, as the scope of the proceedings is limited to the period when the respondent served as a Constitutional Judge. This stance aligns with Sapta Karsa Hutama, or the Code of Ethics and Conduct for Constitutional Judges, which MKMK uses as the yardstick to assess alleged ethical breaches. “A person who has not yet served as a Constitutional Judge, or who has completed their term as a Constitutional Judge, is no longer bound by Sapta Karsa Hutama,” added Judge Ridwan Mansyur. The MKMK deemed the petitioners’ arguments to be mere conjecture or suppositions underpinning their concerns. “Even if any of the facts are factual, the alleged facts occurred while the Respondent Judge had not held the status of a Constitutional Judge,” he added. Earlier, the MKMK was asked to dismiss Adies Kadir as a Constitutional Judge—who had just taken the oath of office before President Prabowo Subianto at the State Palace on Thursday (5 February) to replace Arief Hidayat. The request was filed by the Constitutional and Administrative Law Society (CALS) after reporting the former Golkar politician to the MKMK. “Therefore, in our petition we asked the MKMK to consider imposing a severe sanction on him to remove him as a Constitutional Judge, given the very great potential for conflict of interest,” CALS representative Yance Arizona said at the MK Building, Friday (6 February).