New Vice Chief Justice for Non Judicial Affairs Elected

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Indonesia’s Supreme Court has a new Vice Chief Justice for Non-Judicial Affairs for the period of 2014-2019. H. Suwardi, SH., MH was elected the Vice Chief Justice after 47 justices cast their votes on Tuesday (21/1/2014) at the election ceremony in Jakarta.

Suwardi, gathering 28 votes, will replace Dr. H. Ahmad Kamil, SH., M.Hum, the present Vice Chief Justice, who only garnered 19 votes at the election. Ahmad Kamil, who has been Vice Chief Justice for Non Judicial Matters since 2009, will end his term on next 10 February 2014.

“H. Suwardi gained 28 votes which is more than 50% plus one. And according to the rules we agreed, His Excellency H. Suwardi is declared as the elected Vice Chief Justice for Non Judicial Affairs,” said Secretary of the Supreme Court, Nurhadi, SH., MH, who led the election proceedings.

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Chief Justice, Dr. H. M. Hatta Ali, SH., MH, expressed his gratitude for the success of the election process.

“On behalf of myself and the Indonesian judiciary, I congratulate the elected Vice Chief Justice, Hon. Suwardi. We do hope the newly elected official will be able to accomplish the Supreme Court goals for the next five years,” Chief Justice said.

(Achmad Cholil)