Pretrial Triumph

Debate between Constitutional Court justices at a meeting last March seemed to always end in I Dewa Gede Palguna's 'defeat'. Five justices backed the position of Constitutional Court Chief Justice Arief Hidayat, while Palguna's view was supported by justices Aswanto and Muhammad Alim.

The nine justices were debating articles in Law No. 8/1981 on the Criminal Code Procedures (KUHAP). "The root of the debate involved one article," Palguna said on Wednesday last week. The justice declined to mention the article in question, but said it was "the most crucial point, as compared to the lawsuit's other matters."

May 5, 2015