Parliamentary Legislative Body respects and will review Constitutional Court ruling on officials' financial rights

Jakarta — The Deputy Chair of the House of Representatives Legislative Body (Baleg), Ahmad Doli Kurnia, has stated that the body respects and will review the Constitutional Court’s (MK) ruling on state officials’ financial rights.

He assessed the ruling very favourably, as it requires adjustments to various provisions concerning state structure and institutions. He noted that parliament has not undertaken such revision to date.

“Of course we must respect the Constitutional Court’s ruling, which is final and binding,” Doli said when reached in Jakarta on Tuesday.

He also expressed gratitude to the petitioners and the Constitutional Court judges who issued the decision. According to him, the ruling serves as a reminder that legislative adjustments are necessary.

To that end, he stated that amendments to the law would simultaneously address pension funds and awards, which need to be arranged proportionally.

He assured that the message contained in the ruling is sufficiently clear for parliament to use as the basis for study in determining policies concerning institutions and financial rights.

“Thus, we will certainly follow up on the Constitutional Court’s ruling by amending the law within a maximum of two years,” he said.

Previously, the Constitutional Court had asked the government and parliament, as legislators, to revise the law concerning state officials’ financial rights because the existing legislation is no longer relevant.

Through ruling number 191/PUU-XXIII/2025, the Constitutional Court declared Law Number 12 of 1980 concerning Financial/Administrative Rights of Leaders and Members of the Highest/High State Institutions and Former Leaders of the Highest/High State Institutions and Former Members of High State Institutions unconstitutional if not amended within two years.

Constitutional Court Vice-Chair Saldi Isra, when reading the legal considerations in the Court’s Plenary Session Room in Jakarta on Monday (16 March), conveyed that there are at least five points that the government must consider when revising the aforementioned law.

“The determination of amounts and mechanisms must still consider the principle of proportional and just distribution, accountability, and take into account the socio-economic conditions of the Indonesian people,” he said, reading one of those points.