Sita W. Dewi, Jakarta – Activists from various institutions are planning to file for a Constitutional Court judicial review of the revised 2012 state budget passed by the House of Representatives early on Saturday.

Andalas University Center of Constitutional Studies (Pusako) researcher Feri Amsari said Sunday that activists and researchers from Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW), Gadjah Mada University's Center for Anti-Corruption Studies (Pukat) and Andalas University's Center for Constitutional Studies (Pusako) were studying the material while preparing the judicial review request.

"The House's decision to add Article 7 (6a) to the revised state budget was a bit 'unique' because it was contradictory to Article 7 (6), saying that subsidized fuel prices won't be increased," Feri told The Jakarta Post.

Article 7 (6a) stipulates that the government can increase the fuel price if the Indonesian Crude Price increases 15 percent above the budget forecast within 6 months.

"It also contradicts the 1945 Constitution's Article 33, which says that the earth and water and natural resources contained therein shall be controlled by the state and used as much as possible for the prosperity of the people," he said, "Thus, the [additional] article is unconstitutional."

The government had proposed to increase subsidized fuel prices from Rp 4,500 (49 US cents) per liter to Rp 6,000 per liter in April, arguing that the price increase could save the state budget from swelling fuel subsidies. The plan, however, has to be postponed, as the House had passed Article 7 (6a).