URGENSI PEMBENTUKAN PERATURAN PERUNDANG-UNDANGAN TENTANG GUGATAN CITIZEN LAWSUIT DI INDONESIA

Citizen Lawsuit is access for citizens to represent the public interest to file a lawsuit in court based on unlawful acts by the government. Since receiving the Citizen Lawsuit lawsuit filed by Munir C.S. Based on the neglect of TKI in Nunukan by the Indonesian Government, until now there has been no regulation regarding Citizen Lawsuit. The formulation of the problem used in this research is first, what is the urgency of forming legislation regarding Citizen Lawsuit lawsuits in Indonesia, and second, what form of legislation regarding Citizen Lawsuit lawsuits should ideally be implemented in Indonesia. The purpose of this research is to seek the formation of statutory regulations regarding Citizen Lawsuit lawsuits. The research method used is juridical-normative research. The results of this research are that the legal vacuum regarding Citizen Lawsuits has resulted in inconsistencies in the Panel of Judges in interpreting formal requirements, namely notifications so it is necessary to create statutory regulations regarding Citizen Lawsuit lawsuits to catch up with written law and prevent inconsistencies in court decisions. The conclusion of this research is the legal basis used by the Panel of Judges in accepting the Citizen Lawsuit lawsuit based on Article 10 paragraph (1) and Article 5 paragraph (1) of Law no. 48 of 2009 concerning Judicial Power. Furthermore, ideally, the concept of Citizen
Lawsuit is accommodated in the Civil Code, by including several clauses such as the scope of the case, the parties who are Plaintiffs and Defendants, the reasons for filing the lawsuit, and regulations regarding Citizen Lawsuit notifications. This research suggests that it is necessary to make efforts to form regulations regarding Citizen Lawsuit lawsuits in the form of laws, and it is necessary to
research models of Citizen Lawsuit lawsuits in Anglo-Saxon countries to be used as reference material in forming Citizen Lawsuit regulations