While delivering a speech after his election at the MA building here, Sunarto said that he will give MA justices the authority to disseminate the court's policies, regulations, and technical findings.
In addition, he will provide guidance to judges and court apparatus at the Court of First Instance and the Court of Appeal levels.
"And bridge aspirations, supervise and follow up on problems found in the regions to the Supreme Court leadership," he said.
Second, Sunarto promised to give MA justices the authority to choose, foster, and supervise the apparatus in their court. That way, the apparatus and staff will be the full responsibility of the MA judges.
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Third, he will give authority in the form of data sharing to the court apparatus at the Court of Appeal level after reviewing the situation.
"Fourth, activate various forums to absorb the aspirations of all stakeholders in the judiciary, both internal and external, including the executive and legislative stakeholders," he informed.
Sunarto was elected as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court to replace M. Syarifuddin based on the voting results of an MA Special Plenary Session. The session was attended by 45 out of 46 MA justices.
Sunarto won by a landslide 30 votes. He outperformed the three other MA justices in the fray — Yulius, who garnered seven votes; Haswandi, who won four votes; and Soesilo, who got one vote
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Translator: Fath M, Kenzu
Editor: Yuni Arisandy Sinaga
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