Episode 13: Mahkamah Konstitusi atau Mahkamah Kesasar? (Judicial Review Pt. 1)

Dialogika Podcast

In this first of our two-part episode, we discuss the Indonesian Constitutional Court's (Mahkamah Konstitusi, or MK) recent decision to hear arguments for a "judicial review" of the country's Criminal Code (Kitab Undang-Undang Hukum Pidana, or KUHP) in order to add new laws that will criminalize pre-marital sex (as adultery) and LGBT relationships. We invite Pramudya Oktavinanda, a corporate lawyer in Indonesia and a friend of Dialogika, to talk about the court’s powers, its recent turn towards becoming a “positive” legislator, and why they’re even entertaining these vague claims of constitutional rights violations.