Bagir Manan: Il Capo della Supreme Court

Bagir Manan started his second term as the Supreme Court's chief justice Tuesday after a landslide election victory that drew a chilly response from legal watchdogs, The Jakarta Post wrote its headline today.

Meanwhile Kompas simply put cynical tittle...Supreme Judges still believe in Bagir...as 44 out of 48 supreme judges voted for Bagir to lead the network of what popularly known as court mafias. That's why I prefer the above title.
Some says Bagir's reelection is a proof of leadership crisis in Indonesian judiciary system and that Bagir is the best among the worst, while others, including minister for justice and human rights affairs Hamid Awaluddin, praised the election and says Bagir has the technical capability to fisx the corrupt system. Bagir himself admitted he's not the best.
During his first term, as The Post wrote it, Bagir presided over the controversial acquittal of former House of Representative speaker Akbar Tanjung in a graft case, cut the prison term of former president Soeharto's son Tommy Soeharto by five years without an explanation, and has also been accused of taking bribes from Soeharto's step-brother Probosutedjo.
The mission uncomplished. Bagir would serve two more years, enough time to accomplish the 'mission', to make sure none of the mafia members would live behind the bars.

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