Strengthening the Position and Function of the Judicial Commission in the Republic of Indonesia State Administration System

Abstract

The presence of the Judicial Commission in the Indonesian State System after the amendment to the 1945 Constitution is to bring a new direction in the nation's journey, especially in the Judiciary field, to maintain and uphold the code of ethics and behavior and the Dignity of the Indonesian Judge Individuals. The purpose of this research is to analyze the position of the Judicial Commission in the Indonesian State Administration according to the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia, analyzing the meaning of other authorities of the Judicial Commission, and analyzing the concept of supervision of judges in realizing an independent judicial power. Research method, type of normative research, using the approach of legislation, conceptual approach, philosophical approach, and historical approach. Using primary, secondary and tertiary legal materials. The legal material obtained is processed and analyzed in a prescriptive normative manner. Conclusion, the position of the Judicial Commission in the Indonesian State System is a state institution that has the same position as other high state institutions. The existence of the Judicial Commission in the system of judicial power is auxiliary and supporting body, the meaning of other authorities in Article 24 B of the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia is not clearly regulated both at the level of constitutional norms, and the law on Judicial Commission and practice. The supervision of judges to realize an independent judicial power is to reconcile the institutional supervision of judges and the authority of the supervisory institution. Institutionally, the concept of supervising judges externally is carried out by the Judicial Commission through a one-roof policy; the Judicial Commission has the authority to supervise Judges, Supreme Judges of the Supreme Court and Constitutional Justices in the Constitutional Court.

Keywords: Judicial Commission, Republic of Indonesia State Administration System