Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – In a plenary session on Tuesday, the House of Representatives rejected all nine candidates for Supreme Court justices and three candidates for Human Rights Tribunal judges proposed by the Judicial Commission, the body responsible for overseeing the judiciary.

Earlier, the House's Commission III overseeing legal affairs had rejected the candidates during a series of hearings. This decision was then affirmed in the plenary session, which was presided over by House Speaker Puan Maharani.

Lawmakers cited administrative issues as the primary reason for rejecting all the candidates.

"Commission III has submitted a report recommending the rejection of all candidates for Supreme Court justices and Human Rights Tribunal judges. Do we agree with this report?" Puan asked during the session, to which the attending members voiced their approval.

Pangeran Khoirul Saleh, deputy chairman of Commission III, explained that the Judicial Commission had submitted the list of candidates on August 19, with the House's selection process beginning a week later. During the hearings, candidates were asked to present their qualifications and proposed programs.

However, it was discovered that two candidates, Hari Sih Advianto and Tri Hidayat Wahyudi, did not meet the minimum requirement of 20 years of judicial experience. This led the political parties represented in Commission III to unanimously reject all 12 candidates.

The nine candidates for Supreme Court justices:

1. Abdul Azis, North Sumatra High Court judge
2. Annas Mustaqim, Supreme Court supervisory judge
3. Aviantara, deputy chairman of Manado District Court
4. Muhayah, deputy chairman of Samarinda Islamic District Court
5. Mustamar, inspector at the Supreme Court's oversight body
6. Diana Malemita Ginting, lead auditor at the Finance Ministry's inspectorate
7. Hari Sih Advianto, Tax Court judge
8. Tri Hidayat Wahyudi, Tax Court judge

The three candidates for Human Rights Tribunal judges:

1. Agus Budianto, lecturer at Pelita Harapan University Law School
2. Bonifasius Nadya Arybowo, Bandung District Court judge
3. Mochammad Agus Salim, lecturer at Trisakti University Law School

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