HOUSE COMMISSION SELECTS SUPREME JUSTICE CANDIDATES

Jakarta Forum - Jakarta, Feb 14 (ANTARA) - Commission III of the House of Representatives will hold a fit and proper test of the 21 supreme justice candidates after passing an administrative test at the Judicial Commission starting from Monday (Feb 15).

The House Commission III chairman Benny K Harman said in Jakarta Sunday this time the selection of chief justices will be those of high quality with a vision and mission, as well as high integrity and commitment to build the judicial institution.

"The ways of selection will also be different from the previous one," Benny K Harman said.

He said by applying quality requirements, it is hoped the elected supreme court judges would meet the people`s hopes and aspirations of bringing improvements to the existing legal institutions and eradicating practices of law mafia.

Deputy chairman of House Commission III Azis Syamsuddin said the names of the 21 prospective chief justices had already been received by the leadership of the Judicial Commission last week after they passed the administrative selection.

The 15 candidates are career judges, and six are non-career judges.

He said in the first stage of the selection applied by Commission III, the candidates are required to make their vision and mission in writing which will later be submitted to members of the House Commission III.

"This pattern is a breakthrough of Commission III to see how far the candidates have a vision and mission, as well as commitment to law enforcement," he said.

He said that under Law No.3 of 2009 on the Supreme Court, the House of Representatives will choose not more than one third of the total number of candidates, namely seven.

The selection will be conducted by Commission III for four days until Thursday (Feb 18).

The 21 supreme justice candidates who will be undergoing the fit and proper test at Commission III are:

1. H Yulius (career judge) 2. Sutoyo (career judge) 3. Brig Gen Burhan Dahlan (career judge) 4. Moeniro (career judge) 5. Soltoni Mohdally (career judge) 6. Madya Suhardja (career judge) 7. H Sjam Amansjah (career judge) 8. Nommy HT Siahaan (career judge) 9. Soemarno (career judge) 10. Abdul Wahid (career judge) 11. Dr H Supandi (career judge) 12. H Achmad Yamanie SH MH (career judge) 13. Purnawati (career judge) 14. Muhammad Saleh (career judge) 15. Fransiscus Loppy (career judge) and the remaining six: 16. Kol CHk Natsri Anshari 17. Dr Wijayanto Setiawan 18. Prof Dr Surya Jaya 19. Dr Salman Luthan 20. Prof Dr Basuki Rekso Wibowo 21. Prof Dr Yohanes Sogar Simamora are non-career judges.

Source: Antara News

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