Constitutional Court declares Indonesian deputy ministers should not hold jobs in SOEs

The nine justices of the Constitutional Court during a hearing. - JP

JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/ANN): The Constitutional Court (MK) has said that deputy ministers cannot hold concurrent roles at state-owned and private firms, arguing that they should focus on their main duties in their respective ministerial offices.

The nine-justice bench declared its stance on the issue as it read out the final ruling on a judicial review petition challenging Article 10 of a 2008 law on state ministries filed by Bayu Segara from the Forum of Legal and Constitutional Studies (FKHK) and Novan Lailathul Rizky from Sahid Jakarta University.