Advocates Under Two Roofs
AROUND 3,000 lawyers declared the establishment of the Indonesian Advocates Congress last week. Emerging as a split from the Association of Indonesian Advocates (Peradi), the organization claims to be the most legitimate vehicle for Indonesian advocates. Senior lawyer Adnan Buyung Nasution was appointed head of its advisory council. General Chair of Peradi, Otto Hasibuan, responded by immediately writing to all judicial institutions declaring that his organization is the legitimate one as acknowledged by the Supreme Court. A “battle” of advocates quickly followed.
June 3, 2008
THE room is bathed in golden light, reflected from gold carvings on the wall. Red-and-white hanging curtains adorn the high glass windows rising up the left and right sides of the Officers Mess in the vast expanse of the Sudirman Public Hall. Around 4,000 blue seats are neatly arranged inside. In the front row, teak brown seats sit in a row. These are the special seats reserved for the senior advocates and special guests.
At around 9:30am last F
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