Aswanto


Aswanto is an Indonesian judge currently serving on the Constitutional Court of Indonesia. He and Wahiduddin Adams were appointed by the People's Representative Council in March 2014. Aswanto graduated from 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 and a doctorate in law from Airlangga University. Prior to his appointment to the court, he was active in judicial and electoral affairs of South Sulawesi, having served on the province's Justice and Human Rights Regional Office, General Election Supervisory Committee and as the ombudsmen of Makassar.
Alongside Patrialis Akbar, Aswanto was one of several judges who ruled in favor of outlawing premarital sex. Aswanto also joined the rest of the Constitutional Court in opposition to total privatization of Indonesia's water resources, and in viewing challenges to Indonesia's tax amnesty law with suspicion.