Overcoming Legal Civilization Emergency

Allegations of bribery of the Supreme Court justice and various other problems in the law enforcement agency indicate that there is an emergency in the legal civilization. A thorough evaluation is needed.

KOMPAS/RONY ARIYANTO NUGROHO

Supreme Court Justice Sudrajad Dimyati (center) wearing an orange vest and being led to a prisoner's car after undergoing an examination at the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), Jakarta, Friday (23/9/2022).

JAKARTA, KOMPAS — The disclosure of the allegations of bribery in handling cases at the Supreme Court involving a supreme justice strengthen the indications that the country is currently in a state of a judicial and legal civilization emergency. A comprehensive reform of the legal civilization is urgently needed.

"The detention of the Supreme Court justice can be an issue that not only shocks the public at home, but also internationally," said former Supreme Court justice T Gayus Lumbuun who was contacted from Jakarta on Sunday (9/25/2022).