CONSTITUTIONAL COURT
Getting a Green Light
The Constitutional Court annuls a regulation in the Law on Presidential Elections that bans news reports on the presidential and vice-presidential candidates during the campaign-free period prior to polling day. However there are still other regulations that threaten the freedom of the press.
July 7, 2009
A SMILE blossomed on Hendrayana’s face. The advocate from the Legal Aid Institute for the Press was pleased because on Friday last week the Constitutional Court granted all of the requests included in a judicial review of Law No. 42/2008 on Presidential & Vice-Presidential Elections that had been submitted by seven media outlets. “This ruling fulfilled all our hopes,” he said.
In last week’s decision, Constitutional Court Chief Justice Ma
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