The Court’s Heavy Job
The majority of Constitutional Court (MK) justices have reelected Anwar Usman as the court’s chief justice for 2023-2028.
Elected Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court Anwar Usman (left) and Deputy Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court elected Saldi Isra (right) pose for a group photo after the plenary meeting for the election of the chairman and deputy chairman of the Constitutional Court for the 2023-2028 period at the Constitutional Court Building, Jakarta, Wednesday (15/3/2023 ).
The election of the Constitutional Court’s chief justice was tight. Several efforts failed at reaching a consensus among the public servants in charge of upholding the Constitution. After three rounds of voting, Anwar finally gained the votes of five of the nine Constitutional Court justices.
In the first and second rounds of voting, Anwar Usman and Arif Hidayat each received four votes, with one justice abstaining. Anwar received the majority of five votes only in the third round.