Director General: Use the budget effectively

Director General of Badilag, Wahyu Widiana, (left) handing out Budget to Secretary to Ditgen Badilag, Farid Ismail, on Wednesday (13/1).

Jakarta | badilag.net/english (14/1/10)

Director General of Badilag, Wahyu Widiana, said the 2010 budget, which Badilag had received, had to be used for programs producing concrete results. He also warned the authorized officials of the budget not to easily cash the budget.

“The budget must be used as effectively as possible, and for programs that have positive impacts,” he asserted.

Wahyu made those statements on Wednesday (13/1) when handing out operational guidelines of 2010 Badilag’s budget to four work units within Badilag i.e. Secretariat to Directorate General, Directorate of  the Development of Religious Courts’ Judicial Staff, Directorate of the Development of Religious Courts Administration, and Directorate of  Religious Civil Case Management and Regulation.

Judicial mafia task force visits Supreme Court

Jakarta | badilag.net/english  (12/1)

The Supreme Court will coordinate with judicial mafia task force to combat judicial mafia practices. The Court will also ask for the task force assistants when facing difficulties in fighting against the mafia within judiciary institutions i.e. the Supreme Court and its lower courts.

“We are always ready to help. Similarly, we will ask for the task force assistance to solve difficulties we will probably face,” Chief Justice, Hon. Harifin A. Tumpa, said after receiving the task force in his office, Jakarta on Monday (11/1/10).

SBY to inaugurate two Constitutional Court Judges

Ahmad Fadil Sumadi, Vice Chief Judge of PTA Jogjakarta, is to replace Maruarar Siahaan from the Supreme Court.

Jakarta | badilag.net/english (7/1)

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) is planned to inaugurate two Constitutional Court Judges today (7/1). The two judges are Ahmad Fadil Sumadi, Vice Chief Judge of PTA (High Religious Court) Jogjakarta, and Hamdan Zoelva.

“Yes, (inauguration) tomorrow at 10 o’clock,” Akil Mochtar, Constitutional Court Judge, confirmed on Wednesday (6/1) as quoted by vivanews.com.

The two judges will replace two other judges, Abdul Mukhtie Fadjar and Maruarar Siahaan, who have ended their terms of service in the Court.

Akil further said Ahmad Fadil will replace Maruarar who was proposed by the Supreme Court while Hamdan Zoelva will replace Abdul Mukhtie that was chosen by the government. According to Article 23 Law No. 24/2003 on the Constitutional Court, Judges at the Constitutional Court will be dismissed respectfully if they reach 67 years of age.

2010, Badilag Still Focuses on Human Resources Enhancement

Jakarta | badilag.net/english (6/1)

Badilag (Religious Courts Body in the Supreme Court) puts its 2010 top priority on enhancing the quality of human resources, particularly judicial officers such as judges, registrars and bailiffs. This is also the program that Badilag focused on in 2009.

“We extend our focus in 2009 to this year, which is enhancing the quality of judicial officers at the Religious Courts while at the same time improving our services so as to fulfill public expectation of justice,” DG of Badilag, Wahyu Widiana, said on Wednesday (6/1).

Based on the most recent data in Badilag, there are 10.390 officers at Religious Courts all over Indonesia, 7.638 out of which are judicial officers and the rest 2.752 are non-judicial officers. The number shows an increase compared to the previous year.