No Justice in Deadlock

Thanks to the intricacies of the law, President Abdurrahman Wahid can take his time in appointing a successor to Supreme Court Chief Justice Sarwata who retired last August.

December 26, 2000

INDONESIA may be the only country in the world where at one time the highest judicial institution, the Supreme Court or MA as it is known locally, can be leaderless as is the case today. For weeks now President Abdurrahman Wahid has stalled on choosing the chief justice and deputy chief justice from the candidates proposed by the House of Representatives (DPR). In the wake of Sarwata's retirement, Deputy Chief Justice Th. Ketut Suraputra also comp

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