Struggles in Handling Disputes
Constitutional Court justice Arief Hidayat sniffs a nasal decongestant during a hearing of the election litigation on 18 June 2019 in Central Jakarta. A court-appointed medical team is monitoring the justices’ health while officials from the Food and Drug Monitoring Agency (BPOM) are testing their meals to check that they are safe for consumption, so the justices remain in good health throughout the dispute settlement.
The office room decorated in brown tones was filled with wooden furniture and cardboard boxes of case dossiers, stacked in front of the bookcase and behind the door. The room’s occupant, a justice of the Constitutional Court (MK), rubbed at his eyes.
“I’m sorry. My eyes keep watering from reading these dossiers,” the justice said on Thursday afternoon (20/6/2019).