September 25, 2013

Backroom justice

Man: It seems that money is more agung (grand, exalted, high, noble). Chair reads Hakim Agung (Supreme Court justice), step reads selection.

In the wake of a plan by the House of Representatives to gain more control over Supreme Court (MA) justices, legal affairs commission members have been forced to publicly deny allegations of backroom deals after MA justice candidate Sudrajad Dimyati was caught giving what was believed to be an envelope to a lawmaker in a restroom during a fit-and-proper test.

Kompas - September 25, 2013