16 New Religious Courts to be Launched Soon
Jakarta | badilag.net (18/10/2011)
Chief Justice Harifin A Tumpa will soon inaugurate the operations of 16 newly formed religious courts. The inauguration will be held on November 14, 2011 in Labuan Bajo, East Nusa Tenggara.
As it is known, Labuan Bajo Religious Court is one of 16 new courts in the religious courts circumstances established by Presidential Decree No. 3 of 2011 which was published on February 24, 2011.
Other courts of the newly formed religious courts are Tasikmalaya RC (West Java), Banjar City RC (West Java), Amurang RC (North Sulawesi), Marisa RC (Gorontalo), Parigi RC (Central Sulawesi), Andoolo RC (Southeast Sulawesi), Pasarwajo RC (Southeast Sulawesi), and MSY of Simpang Tiga Redelong (NAD), Padang Sidempuan RC (North Sumatra), Mentok RC (Bangka Belitung), Lebong RC (Bengkulu), Batu Licin RC (South Kalimantan), Taliwang RC (West Nusa Tenggara), Nunukan RC (East Kalimantan) and Arso RC (Papua).
Related to the inauguration agenda, the Director General of Badilag, Wahyu Widiana, on October 12, 2011, issued a letter 902/DjA/HM.00/X/2011 addressed to the Chief Justices of the High Religious Court where the new courts located in their jurisdiction.
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The Director General Badilag expected the leaders of high religious court to propose the personnels that will be posted at the new religious courts, including the chief justice, deputy chief justice, judges, principal registrar/secretary, deputy registrar and secretary, junior registrar, registrars, bailiff, deputy secretary, and the head of affairs. The composition is useful for planning personnel expenditure budget for 2012.
Based on Presidential Decree No. 3 of 2011, the grades, duties, functions and organizational structure, the secretariat and registry working procedures of the 16 newly formed religious courts are determined by the Chief Justice after obtaining approval from the Minister of Administrative Reforms.
Meanwhile, referring to the Supreme Court Secretary Regulation No. 1 of 2008 on the Criteria of First Instance Court, the whole newly formed courts are categorized as class II. Every newly formed firsst instance court is not possible directly to include in IB classes, moreover class IA.
With the inauguration of 16 new courts, the religious courts then now have 359 courts of first instances in 29 high religious court areas. In the future, more religious courts are needed to meet the existing Indonesian regions, since today there are 443 districts / cities throughout Indonesia that are scattered in 34 provinces.
[Mohammad Noor]