Aswanto
Aswanto | |
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| 6th Deputy Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court of Indonesia | |
| In office 2 April 2018 – 23 November 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Anwar Usman |
| Succeeded by | Saldi Isra |
| Justice of the Constitutional Court of Indonesia | |
| In office 21 March 2014 – 23 November 2022 | |
| President | Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono Joko Widodo |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 17 July 1964 Palopo, South Sulawesi, Indonesia |
| Citizenship | Indonesian |
| Alma mater | Hasanuddin University Gadjah Mada University Airlangga University |
| Occupation | Justice |
Aswanto is an Indonesian Justice of the Constitutional Court of Indonesia, served until November 2022. He then replaced by Guntur Hamzah. He and Wahiduddin Adams were appointed by the People's Representative Council in March 2014.[1] Aswanto graduated from Hasanuddin University, where he was serving on the Faculty of Law at the time of his appointment to the Constitutional Court, and also earned a Master's of Law from Gadjah Mada University and a doctorate in law from Airlangga University.[1] Prior to his appointment to the court, he was active in judicial and electoral affairs of South Sulawesi, having served on the province's Justice and Human Rights Regional Office, General Election Supervisory Committee and as the ombudsmen of Makassar.[1]
Aswanto was one of the minority judges who ruled in favor of outlawing premarital sex and criminalizing consensual same-sex acts in 2017.[2][3] Aswanto also joined the rest of the Constitutional Court in opposition to total privatization of Indonesia's water resources,[4] and in viewing challenges to Indonesia's tax amnesty law with suspicion.[5] Aswanto also ruled against Omnibus Law concerning job creation.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Bonardo Wahono, Indonesian Election Dispute In the Hands of These Nine Judges. The Wall Street Journal, 14 August 2014.
- ^ Hans Nicolas Jong, Rights activists to present their case at MK hearings. Jakarta Post, 25 August 2016.
- ^ La Batu, Safrin. "Indonesian court rejects petition to outlaw premarital, gay sex". The Jakarta Post. Retrieved 2 April 2022.
- ^ Fedina S. Sundaryani, Court bans monopoly on water resources. Jakarta Post, 20 February 2015.
- ^ Constitutional Court queries challenge to Tax Amnesty Law. Jakarta Post News Desk, 28 July 2016.
- ^ Febrianto, Nanda (23 November 2022). "Officially, Guntur Hamzah Becomes The Constitutional Court Judge Replaces Aswanto". VOI - Waktunya Merevolusi Pemberitaan. Retrieved 10 January 2023.