Jakarta – On Wednesday, several NGOs filed a request for the Constitutional Court to review the 2009 Supreme Court law that extends the retirement age of justices to 70 years from 65 years. The petitioners argued the passing of the law was "unconstitutional".

"If passing the law was unconstitutional then the law should not be implemented," Taufiq Basari, a lawyer for the NGOs, told reporters at the Constitutional Court.

The legal team consists of representatives from the Jakarta Legal Aid Foundation, the Indonesian Judiciary Supervisory Community (MaPPI), Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) and the Center for Anti-Corruption Studies (PuKAT).

According to ICW's Febri Diansyah, the deliberations of the Supreme Court Law at the House of Representatives were apparently conducted in a hurry and were not transparent.

He added the number of lawmakers who attended a plenary meeting to pass the law was far less than required. "Physically there were only between 90 and 96 people out of 275 House members," Febri said.