Derived from Arabic, was written in the Constitution

Jakarta - Lately, our ears played a term that may not be common for most people, that is impeachment. What was the meaning of the latter term is often heard as the House of Representatives Questionnaire about Century Bank is?

Term impeachment is not written in the 1945 constitution. Article 7A third change would only call the 1945, the President and or Vice President may be removed in the office by the Assembly upon the recommendation of the House, either if it is proven she has violated the law through an act of treason, corruption, bribery, other felonies, or moral turpitude or if it is proven no longer qualify as the President and or Vice President.

Term impeachment is not written explicitly in the constitution. In the Great Indonesian Dictionary New Edition was mentioned deposed laying position; king abdicated. Then from where the term come from?

Former Chairman of the Constitutional Court (MK) Jimly Asshiddiqie explained, impeachment is a language borrowed from Arabic, meaning derived from the office. Or equal to the term 'impeachment' in the constitution of Western countries.

"Impeachment is demanding accountability in the framework of parliamentary oversight to the president, if the president broke the law," said Jimly when talking to AFP, Jumat (22/1/2009).

According Jimly, impeachment mechanism provided for in the constitution so that a political forum and the House can not necessarily drop the President and or Vice President. As the President can not dissolve the Parliament, the Parliament can not drop the President and or Vice President unless the President and or Vice President proved to have violated the law.

"So impeachment as a balance," adding that is also involved in the process of constitutional amendment.

Prove alleged violations of law by the President and or Vice President was conducted in the Constitutional Court. If the Constitutional Court declared the President / Vice President proved to have violated the law, then the next process takes place in the Consultative Assembly to hold accountable the President and / or Vice President.

"If proven, by law, means that there is reason to request the Parliament of responsibility or the Vice President and the Assembly through the forum," explained Jimly.

Article 7B third change in the 1945 Constitution says, the proposal to impeach the President and or Vice President may be submitted by the DPR to the MPR by first submitting a request to the Constitutional Court to examine, hear, and decide upon the opinion of the DPR that the President and or Vice President the law has violated an act of treason, corruption, bribery, other felonies, or moral turpitude, and or that the President and or Vice President is no longer qualify as President and / or Vice President.

With the impeachment mechanism, said Jimly, President / Vice President who did not have majority support in parliament even can not just imposed by the political mechanism.

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