“Colloquium Internasional Himpunan Ahli Hukum Tata Negara dan Hukum Administrasi” at Universitas Lambung Mangkurat of Banjarmasin

En. Mohamad Nazim Bin Ganti Shaari - The 8-9 March 2019 “Colloquium Internasional Himpunan Ahli Hukum Tata Negara dan Hukum Administrasi” at Banjarmasin was organized by the “Himpunan Ahli Hukum Tata Negara dan Hukum Administrasi”, an Indonesian Association for Legal Personnel whose interests are in constitutional law and administrative law, in collaboration with the renowned Law Faculty of Universitas Lambung Mangkurat of Banjarmasin.The current membership of this association boasts a wide spectrum of academics, legal officials, lawyers and judges throughout the Indonesian archipelago and this association actively holds conferences annually. The main theme of the recent colloquium was “ The Design of An Anti- Corruption Presidential Election and Legislative Election”. En. Mohamad Nazim was chosen to represent the UiTM Law Faculty and was invited to participate as a panelist. Three other members of the forum were Indonesian legal experts in constitutional law and administrative law. Firstly, Prof. Dr. Philipus M. Hadjon presented a paper entitled “The Prevention and Handling of Corruption Criminal Offences for the National Civil Apparatus : A Survey in Administrative Law” which discussed the legal provisions regarding abuse of authority under the Indonesian Administrative Law. Next, Prof. Denny Indrayana presented a paper on the main theme and discussed the importance of having a clean system of elections which abhors political corruption namely vote-buying and ambiguous campaign funds. En. Mohamad Nazim spoke on the perception of political interference in corruption cases in which he argued that people’s perceptions which are usually vengeful, cynical and angry must be looked into since they signify deeper structural problems of corruption in the society. The last speaker was Dr. Lufsiana Abdullah who shared his valuable experience as a judge in the corruption court. Banjarmasin is an interesting place which offers many avenues for possible research collaborations and we should swiftly embark upon this endeavor.