JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – The Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court (MK) Hamdan Zoelva has been eliminated from the selection of new Constitutional Court justice.

The selection committee considered that the former Chairman of the Crescent Star Party (PBB) has revoked himself from the selection process by rejecting the interview session.

The selection committee has now reduced the justice candidates from 15 to 5. The candidates will later undergo a medical test on Dec. 29, before facing second interview session with the selection committee on Dec. 30.

According to the Head of the selection committee Saldi Isra, the committee will choose 2 or 3 out of 5 candidates to be recommended to President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo as new MK justice. (haryantosuharman@yosefardi.com)