July 1, 2014 edition
The late evening discussion took place at the headquarters of Projo (short for "Pro-Jokowi") in Pancoran, South Jakarta, in early June. There were only four participants, and the discussion was held a day after the Joko Widodo-Jusuf Kalla and Prabowo Subianto-Hatta Rajasa presidential tickets received their serial numbers at the General Election Commission (KPU) office.
One of the participants, Sunggul Hamonangan Sirait, head of Projo's Law and Constitution Division, told Tempo that the four agreed that a judicial review of the presidential election rules be forwarded. "The existing law does not accommodate the instance of only two contestants running," Sunggul said last week.
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January 1, 1970 edition
THE sound of the siren broke the night's silence at the gate of the Jakarta International School (JIS) Kindergarten on Friday two weeks ago. Dozens of police officers stood guard on each corner of the intersection at Pondok Indah, South Jakarta. The sirens paused for a moment, then began to wail again. It went on like that for more than half an hour. "It sounded like there was a war coming," Abdul Hamid, who lives not far from the JIS complex, told Tempo last week.
Putri (the names of the victims and their family members in this article have been changedEd.), the mother of a young student at the center of a rape scandal at the school, joined a group of police that night. According to Putri, the officers sounded their sirens because they had been barred from entering the JIS complex. JIS security guards turned them away because they did not have any confirmation. Only after JIS lawyers Harry Pontoh and Hotman Paris Hutapea arrived on the scene, were the police allowed in.
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June 17, 2014 edition
THE SITE appears inconspicuous, if centrally located, on Jalan Sudirman in Central Jakarta, next to Bank Negara Indonesia's head office in the capital's downtown business district. Mostly empty, it serves as a parking lot by those who frequent the lone Arthaloka Building that stands on it.
Despite its benign appearance, the site has for years been the object of a heated struggle for its control. The conflict has already sent two people to prison, Ina Nasution, a lawyer from Sani, Aminoeddin & Partners law firm, told Tempo last week.
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January 1, 1970 edition
IN THE WAKE of the Constitutional Court's severe curtailing of the House of Representatives' (DPR) power to select its justices, a new suit has been brought before the court that seeks to further mitigate lawmakers' authority over law enforcement institutions. This time it is the DPR's jurisdiction over who sits on the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) and the Judicial Commission (KY) that is under scrutiny.
The plaintiffs are academics from the Indonesian Islamic University (UII) in Yogyakarta. Four court sessions have been held. "We're awaiting the court's decision," Sri Hastuti Puspitasari, one of the judicial review applicants, told Tempo on Wednesday last week.
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January 1, 1970 edition
One of the House of Representatives' (DPR) powers that has been singled out as a major tool for corruption has finally been trimmed back. On Thursday two weeks ago, the Constitutional Court did away with the DPR's authority to 'hold back' and control technicalities in the use of budget funds.
Anti-corruption activists rejoiced. "Corrupt practices have been ongoing as the DPR has had excessive authority in the area of the State's finances," said Erwin Natosmal Oemar, spokesperson for the State's Finances Rescue Team, a coalition of several anti-corruption NGOs.
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January 1, 1970 edition