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Court Reject Pornography Act Test material

Liputan6.com, Jakarta: Justice of the Constitutional Court declared the application refused to test all the material on a number of articles in Law No. 44 Year 2008 on Pornography. Verdict was read in court, led by the chairman of the Constitutional Court Mahfud MD Thursday afternoon (25 / 3).

Court decision is taken in open court at the Court Building, Jl Medan Merdeka Barat, Jakarta. Pornography Law Court judge has to respect the rights of women and non-discriminatory. "So with this, the consideration of the tribunal, we rejected the application the applicant in all," said Chairman of the Constitutional Court, Mahfud MD.

Petitioned for a number of articles of the material tested is chapter 1, article 4 paragraph (1) and paragraph (2), Article 10, Article 20, Article 21, and Article 23. The reason the proposed applicant, the provisions of these articles had violated the constitutional rights of arts workers.

Constitutional Court's decision which refused to declare the petition of the applicant's whole, not decided unanimously. One of the judges of the constitution, Maria Farida Indrati express a different opinion (dessenting opinion) with the other judges tujugh.

Responding to this decision, the petitioner, admitted disappointment and give an appreciation of the attitude of Mary. According to the applicant's legal counsel, Taufik Bashari, several areas in Indonesia would be vulnerable to rejection if the Act is applied as Bali and Papua. (ARI)