Jakarta – A student alliance held an action in front of the Constitutional Court (MK) urging that the case of the acid attack against Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) Deputy Coordinator Andrie Yunus be processed in a public court.
Action coordinator Yassar from the group Democracy and Legal Social Concern believes that the acid attack case represents a serious momentum for the Constitutional Court to find in favour of judicial review case number 260/PUU-XXIII/2025.
According to Yassar, the Yunus case is strong evidence for the government and the House of Representatives (DPR) to immediately reform the military justice system by revising Law Number 31/1997 on Military Justice through the judicial review that is currently underway at the Constitutional Court.
"So we are asking the MK panel of judges who are examining it, to judge and rule on judicial review case number 260/PUU-XXIII/2025 to provide legal considerations and decide to find in favour of the judicial review", he said in the action on Tuesday April 14.
Yasser said this was also important so that military justice would no longer be burdened by cases of violations by military members that should be tried by public courts.
In this way, military courts can focus on handling cases of violations related to military service and violations related to the military code of ethics.
"With the increasing number of criminal cases involving military personnel, including murder which is a general crime, the government and the DPR must immediately take concrete steps by accelerating the revision to Law Number 31/1997 on Military Justice", he explained.
He emphasised that reform of the military justice system is urgently needed so that there is no longer any impunity and to ensure that every citizen, without exception, is subject to the same laws.
Through these revisions, he said, all military members involved in crimes are expected to be entitled to the principle of equality before the law.
"Soldiers or members of the military who are involved in general crimes should be tried in general courts, like civilians in general,
Yasser said that the principle of equality before the law is necessary to guarantee transparency, independence and justice and so that there is clarity regarding the confirmation of the elements of the criminal act committed.
"Hopefully these notes can touch the conscience of and become a consideration for the MK panel of judges who are examining, hearing and deciding on judicial review case Number 260/PUU-XXIII/2025, we ask for the fairest possible decision", he said. (tfq/dal)
[Translated by James Balowski. The original title of the article was "Mahasiswa ke MK, Desak Kasus Andrie Yunus Dibawa ke Peradilan Umum".]
