Demand for Birth Certificate Increases

Mataram | www.pta-mataram.go.id

Case of “itsbat nikah” (legalization of marriage) in the Religious Court of Girimenang increases compared to two years ago. It reaches 400 percents. Until February 2013, there have been 1,850 cases for birth certificate. Unfortunately, the state allocates the budget only for 700 cases.

This important fact has been exposed when Wahyu Widiana, the former director of the Directorate General of the Religious Courts and Cate Sumner, consultant of Australia Indonesia Partnership for Justisce (AIPJ) visited this court, Monday (18/02/2013).

They found that many people in Mataram do not have marriage certificate because their marriage was not officially recorded at Religious Affairs Office. In the past, people still assume that they do not need certificate of marriage since the marriage has been known by people.

People found difficulty on how to obtain certificate of marriage and birth certificate. They had to go some different institution in fulfilling requirements.

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Now, people are very aware of the importance of the birth certificate. They are also very well informed on facility of waiving court fee and legal aid provided in the Religious Court of Mataram. Therefore, applications of the case dramatically increase.

Wahyu Widiana recommended creating “one stop service” in which involves multi-stake holders including Religious Ccourt, General Court and Religious Affairs Office. This will facilitate people to obtain their legal documents.

To implement “one stop service”, a regulation issued by the Supreme Court is needed. Wahyu Widiana endeavors to suggest the leadership of the Supreme Court to pay great attention to this issue.

(Rahmat Arijaya)