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Article: RECTORS' FORUM CRITICIZES CONSTITUTIONAL COURT'S RULING ON JUDICIAL COMMISSION'S AUTHORITY.
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- ANT - LKBN ANTARA (Indonesia)
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- February 20, 2007
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Jakarta, Feb 20 (ANTARA): The Constitutional Court (MK)'s action in stripping the Judicial Commission (KY) of its authority to supervise court judges' rulings has made it more difficult to combat corruption in judiciary bodies, the Indonesian University Rectors' Forum ((FRI) says."Given the public's low esteem of law-enforcement and the prevalence of judicial corruption in Indonesia, it is difficult for the Judicial Commission not to view every court sentence without any suspicion," FRI Chairman Sofyan Effendi said here Tuesday.The Constitutional Court's decision to declare the Judicial Commission's power to supervise court sentences unconstitutional was impeding ...