Indonesia’s constitutional order is being tested again, not through a dramatic courtroom verdict, but through a quieter and potentially more consequential confrontation between the House of Representatives (DPR) and the Constitutional Court’s ethics body, the Majelis Kehormatan Mahkamah Konstitusi (MKMK). The recent report filed against MKMK chairman I Dewa Gede Palguna, coming amid the ethics review surrounding the appointment of Golkar politician Adies Kadir as a constitutional justice, raises troubling questions about whether constitutional oversight itself is becoming a political target. To subscribe please click here
