Jakarta – The Supreme Court has selected ad hoc justice candidates with questionable competence, a member of the Court Monitoring Coalition says.

Illian Deta Arta Sari of Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) said the coalition had conducted their own assessment of the capacities of 79 candidates and found that many were not qualified for the posts.

The coalition had found that 55 (or 70 percent) of the candidates had questionable integrity and knowledge in legal matters, she said, adding that most were affiliated with certain political parties.

"So only 24 of them, or 30 percent are worth considering as ad hoc judge candidates," she said in press statement on Sunday. It was regrettable that the selection committee was not more careful in its checking of the candidates' integrity.

Accoring to the 2009 Corruption Court Law, the Supreme Court can select ad hoc judges for corruption courts to be set up in Samarinda, Medan, Semarang, Makassar, Palembang, Surabaya and Bandung in addition to the one in Jakarta.