# Aswanto

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|office        = Deputy Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court of Indonesia
|order         = 6th
|term_start    = 2 April 2018
|term_end      = 23 November 2022
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|predecessor   = [Anwar Usman](/source/Anwar_Usman)
|successor     = [Saldi Isra](/source/Saldi_Isra)
|office2       = Justice of the [Constitutional Court of Indonesia](/source/Constitutional_Court_of_Indonesia)
|term_start2   = 21 March 2014
|term_end2     = 23 November 2022
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|president2    = [Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono](/source/Susilo_Bambang_Yudhoyono)<br/>[Joko Widodo](/source/Joko_Widodo)
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|birth_place   = [Palopo](/source/Palopo), [South Sulawesi](/source/South_Sulawesi), [Indonesia](/source/Indonesia)
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|alma_mater    = [Hasanuddin University](/source/Hasanuddin_University)<br/>[Gadjah Mada University](/source/Gadjah_Mada_University)<br/>[Airlangga University](/source/Airlangga_University)
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'''Aswanto''' is an Indonesian Justice of the [Constitutional Court of Indonesia](/source/Constitutional_Court_of_Indonesia), served until November 2022. He then replaced by Guntur Hamzah. He and [Wahiduddin Adams](/source/Wahiduddin_Adams) were appointed by the [People's Representative Council](/source/People's_Representative_Council) in March 2014.<ref name=wall>Bonardo Wahono, [https://blogs.wsj.com/indonesiarealtime/2014/08/14/indonesian-election-dispute-in-the-hands-of-these-nine-judges/ Indonesian Election Dispute In the Hands of These Nine Judges]. ''[The Wall Street Journal](/source/The_Wall_Street_Journal)'', 14 August 2014.</ref> Aswanto graduated from [Hasanuddin University](/source/Hasanuddin_University), where he was serving on the Faculty of Law at the time of his appointment to the Constitutional Court, and also earned a Master's of Law from [Gadjah Mada University](/source/Gadjah_Mada_University) and a doctorate in law from [Airlangga University](/source/Airlangga_University).<ref name=wall/> Prior to his appointment to the court, he was active in judicial and electoral affairs of [South Sulawesi](/source/South_Sulawesi), having served on the province's Justice and Human Rights Regional Office, General Election Supervisory Committee and as the ombudsmen of [Makassar](/source/Makassar).<ref name=wall/>

Aswanto was one of the minority judges who ruled in favor of outlawing premarital sex and criminalizing consensual same-sex acts in 2017.<ref>Hans Nicolas Jong, [http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2016/08/25/rights-activists-present-their-case-mk-hearings.html Rights activists to present their case at MK hearings]. [Jakarta Post](/source/Jakarta_Post), 25 August 2016.</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=La Batu |first1=Safrin |title=Indonesian court rejects petition to outlaw premarital, gay sex |url=https://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2017/12/14/indonesian-court-rejects-petition-to-outlaw-premerital-gay-sex.html |access-date=2 April 2022 |work=The Jakarta Post |language=en}}</ref> Aswanto also joined the rest of the Constitutional Court in opposition to total privatization of Indonesia's water resources,<ref>Fedina S. Sundaryani, [http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2015/02/20/court-bans-monopoly-water-resources.html Court bans monopoly on water resources]. Jakarta Post, 20 February 2015.</ref> and in viewing challenges to Indonesia's tax amnesty law with suspicion.<ref>[http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2016/07/28/constitutional-court-queries-challenge-to-tax-amnesty-law.html Constitutional Court queries challenge to Tax Amnesty Law]. Jakarta Post News Desk, 28 July 2016.</ref> Aswanto also ruled against Omnibus Law concerning job creation.<ref name="Febrianto 2022">{{cite web | last=Febrianto | first=Nanda | title=Officially, Guntur Hamzah Becomes The Constitutional Court Judge Replaces Aswanto | website=VOI - Waktunya Merevolusi Pemberitaan | date=2022-11-23 | url=https://voi.id/en/news/229858 | access-date=2023-01-10}}</ref>

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