REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, LONDON -- Indonesian Constitutional Court (MK) Chief Professor Dr Arief Hidayat held a recent meeting with Spanish Constitutional Court President Andres Javier Gutierrez Gil in Madrid to explore cooperation between the constitutional courts of the two countries.
Hidayat conveyed an invitation to his Spanish counterpart to participate in an international symposium on constitutional cases, which will be organized in Jakarta, in August 2015, to commemorate the 12th anniversary of the Indonesian Constitutional Court (MK), Nona Siska Noviyanti, third secretary of the Indonesian embassy in Madrid, noted on Tuesday.
The visit to Spain was part of the MK chief's European trip that included Switzerland, Czech, and Hungary.
Accompanied by MK Secretary General Janedri M. Gaffar, Hidayat also held a meeting with the Indonesian community in Spain at the Indonesian embassy in Madrid.
He remarked that the MK functions as the guardian of the constitution, ideology, and democracy.
Indonesia is encountering issues related to mutual distrust, disorientation, and vested interests of certain parties, he added.
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