A judicial panel dismissed Indonesia\u2019s top judge on Tuesday after finding him guilty of an ethics violation over his role in a ruling that allowed President Joko Widodo\u2019s son to run for vice president. Chief Justice Anwar Usman, who is Widodo\u2019s brother-in-law, was found guilty of a \u201cgross violation\u201d of the court\u2019s ethics code for deciding with the 5-4 majority that changed the rules around candidacy for the presidency and vice presidency. The ruling, issued just months before general elections in February, paved the way for Widodo\u2019s eldest son Gibran Rakabuming Raka to run for vice president alongside Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto. The judicial panel found that in failing to \u201crecuse himself from the examination and decision-making process,\u201d Usman had violated the \u201cjudge\u2019s ethical code\u2019s principle of neutrality\u201d. Former chief justice Jimly Asshiddiqie, who led the three-member panel, said it had dismissed Usman from his position as the constitutional court\u2019s chief justice, but allowed him to retain his position as a justice. Usman will no longer be eligible to nominate himself or be nominated by other justices to chair the court until his term ends. He must also recuse himself from deciding election result disputes that pose \u201ca potential conflict of interest\u201d, Asshiddique said. Usman\u2019s successor as chief justice will be elected by the nine-member constitutional court over the next two days, he added. In a dissenting opinion, panel member Bintan R. Saragih said Usman should be \u201cdishonourably dismissed\u201d from his position as a court justice considering his gross violation of the court\u2019s ethics code. Speaking after reading the council\u2019s decision, Asshiddiqie said they had decided against firing Usman as a court justice because it would require the establishment of an appeals panel and create uncertainty ahead of the elections. \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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