Aswanto

Aswanto
Justice on the Constitutional Court of Indonesia
In office
21 March 2014 – 21 March 2019
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
Personal details
Citizenship Indonesian
Religion Sunni Islam

Aswanto is an Indonesian judge currently serving on the Constitutional Court of Indonesia. 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]

Alongside Patrialis Akbar, Aswanto was one of several judges who ruled in favor of outlawing premarital sex.[2] Aswanto also joined the rest of the Constitutional Court in opposition to total privatization of Indonesia's water resources,[3] and in viewing challenges to Indonesia's tax amnesty law with suspicion.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Bonardo Wahono, Indonesian Election Dispute In the Hands of These Nine Judges. Wall Street Journal, 14 August 2014.
  2. ↑ Hans Nicolas Jong, Rights activists to present their case at MK hearings. Jakarta Post, 25 August 2016.
  3. ↑ Fedina S. Sundaryani, Court bans monopoly on water resources. Jakarta Post, 20 February 2015.
  4. ↑ Constitutional Court queries challenge to Tax Amnesty Law. Jakarta Post News Desk, 28 July 2016.
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