The Indonesian Constitutional Court's ethics panel on Tuesday found Chief Justice Anwar Usman guilty of an ethics violation over an earlier controversial ruling that enabled his nephew the son of President Joko Widodo - to run for vice-president in the 2024 election.
The panel said he should have withdrawn himself from a review of the minimum age and eligibility criteria for running and the subsequent ruling, among other breaches. It ordered Mr Anwar, who is the President's brother-in-law, to step down as the court's top judge, although he can still remain as one of its nine judges.
The panel also found Mr Anwar and the other eight judges guilty of not acting against the conflict of interest in the ruling.
The court had ruled in October that those aged below 40 can run for president or vice-president in the upcoming polls on Feb 14, 2024, provided they have served as elected regional leaders.
This removed the barrier for 36-year-old Surakarta Mayor Gibran Rakabuming Raka to join the race as Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto's running mate.
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