Former KPK Leader Impressed with Religious Court

DG of Badilag, Wahyu Widiana with Amien Sunaryadi,

Jakarta l Badilag.net (18/10/2011)

Former Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Vice Chairman, Amien Sunaryadi, admitted that he was so impressed with the various progresses achieved by Religious Courts, particularly in terms of case management, IT usage and the implementation of justice for the poor.

"We are very interested in telling a story about the success of SIADPA development," said Amien, who is now acting at the World Bank as a Senior Operations Officer, when he met with the Director General of Badilag, Wahyu Widiana, Monday (17/10/2011). The meeting held in the Director General work room in which Amien was accompanied by Sutjiati Egi, a consultant on the project of Change for Justice. Egi is also a technical assistant to the Supreme Court.

Amien expressed the success of Badilag in developing SIADPA can inspire other institutions to make such a progress. Hence, he stated that replication is important.

“Through replication, the success likely can be transmitted from one place to another,” Amien added.

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.

DG of Badilag:

Six Tips to Establish Commitment

DG of Badilag, Wahyu Widiana with all participants

Jakarta| badilag.net (16/10/2011)

A strong commitment is needed to implement Bureaucracy Reforms of which the Supreme Court and the Four Judicature circumstances focus. There are at least six things to consider as the tips to establish a commitment.

DG of Badilag, Wahyu Widiana, delivered them in front of the participants of Leadership Training III Shift I of the Supreme Court and the Four Judicatures at Mega Mendung, Bogor (15/10), while presenting a paper entitled “Main Tasks, Function and Policy of the Directorate General of the Religious Courts and Its Relation to Other Working Unit”. The Training was followed by 40 participants consisting of echelon III and echelon IV officials throughout Indonesia.

The Six tips delivered by the Director General are the role of leaders and exemplary leadership, the role of the entire apparatus, consistency and creativity, the stakeholder’s involvement, the utilization of human resources, and provision of rewards & punishment.

DG on the Program of Religious Court Reform Awards:

We Often Become “Bonek”

Jakarta| badilag.net (12/10/2011)

Starting this week, Badilag will commence the assessment for the program of “Religious Court Information Desk and Public Service Award” and it will finish at the end of November 2011. Some team will go to the regions to perform their duties.

The assessment criterias and standards for the program were discussed in the conference room of Badilag (10/10). The Director General (DG) of the Religious Courts, Wahyu Widiana invited the assessors to conduct the assessment objectively, carefully, and in accordance with the terms agreed together, even without having special budget.

"In many activities, including in implementing the program of Religious Court Reform Awards, we are behaving like 'Bonek', or 'bondo nekad'. Often we do activities that we do not have a specific budget for them, but they work", Wahyu Widiana said.

DG: “Information Technology is Supporting Factor in Career Promotion”

The Director General of the Religious Courts, Wahyu Widiana was presenting the progress of IT usage in the Religious Courts in front of participants of Asia-Pacific Seminar at School of Law, University of South Wales, Sydney, Australia, 2009.

Jakarta | badilag.net (10/10/2011)

Few days ago, the Director General (DG) of the Religious Courts (Badilag), Wahyu Widiana received such a message criticizing Badilag’s policy on promotion which seemed to emphasize more on IT skill proficiency rather than integrity and capability. Due to this critique, he clarified that IT proficiency is only one of supporting elements by which someone’s career might be considered. The main factor for someone’s promotion is the combination between integrity, capability and seniority.

However, DG admitted that IT nowadays becomes a necessity because our era is moving faster and dynamic. Despite the fact that IT is only one of supporting elements to promote someone’s career, it definitely contributes enormous benefits. We can run our main task easily, fast, cheap and of course more accurate due to the use of IT. In addition, IT can absolutely widen our horizon because the internet provides very broad information in almost all aspects of life.