Khusnul won over other participants from various universities in Indonesia in the competition that was held by the Student Association for Mulsim Students of Universitas Pertamina through her speech on ‘Shaping Scholars with Noble Values.’

“In this video, I would like to invite all community members to be a scholar who use their brilliance to work, learn, imagine, initiate, and ask or solve problems, to be scholars with noble value because it is fundamental in Islam,” she stated on Friday (14/1/2021).

She added that noble values are crucial in daily life, considering the value of a person is determined from the nobleness of their views. Therefore, scholars with noble values are expected to bring Indonesia into an advanced future.

The competition was held online from 26 October and announced through the Mirai Islamic Festival Instagram account on 29 December 2021. Khusnul stated that she was delighted and moved when announced as 1st place.

“Hopefully in future, (I) could continue bringing usefulness for the people. Then could continue participating and winning other competitions and bring pride for UNS, family, and become a motivation for others,” she concluded. Humas UNS

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The 2^nd place was won by Slamet Wiyono, Blulukan Village Chief, Colomadu, Karanganyar District, and 3^rd place was won by Ardita Devi Mayasari, Pulisen Village Chief, Boyolali, Boyolali District. In the running up line-up, the 1^st runner up was Suparmanto, Slogoretno Village Chief, Jatipurno, Wonogiri District, 2^nd runner up was Tri Prasetyo Utomo, Srimulyo Village Chief, Gondang, Sragen District.

In the competition initiated by the Faculty of Law (FH) UNS in collaboration with MK, participants were asked to send an oration video in the first elimination round. From 275 participants who sent their videos, the participants went through numerous other stages before the Best Five were selected to compete in the final round. The finalists were asked to deliver a 10-minutes speech in front of the juries: Secretary-General of MK, Prof. M. Guntur Hamzah; Rector of UNS, Prof. Jamal Wiwoho; Dean of FH UNS, Prof. I Gusti Ayu Ketut Rachmi Handayani; jury from Universitas Tarumanegara, Dr. Tundjung Herning Sitabuana; and Professor in Universitas Islam Indonesia Prof. Ni’matul Huda.

The final and closing ceremony was also attended by the Chairman of MK, Dr. Anwar Usman; Vice-Chairman of MK, Prof. Aswanto; Secretary-General of MK, Prof. M. Guntur Hamzah; Rector of UNS, Prof. Jamal Wiwoho; Dean of FH UNS, Prof. I Gusti Ayu Ketut Rachmi Handayani; Vice-Mayor of Surakarta, Drs. Teguh Prakosa; and Karanganyar Regent, Drs. Juliyatmono, M.M.

Prof. Jamal stated that changes in the constitution are possible due to the changes in the political, legal, security, economy, and other fields. These changes make every government policy need to be socialized, and the community from all walks of life needs to be educated. This is where Village Chief’s role comes to play in shaping people’s law and constitutional awareness.

“Therefore, it is appropriate and laudable if all village chiefs in Indonesia, in turns, received a briefing on the state constitution,” Prof. Jamal mentioned in his opening remark.

The Vice-Chairman of MK, Prof. Aswanto, also appreciated all finalists and winners in the competition. He also hoped that they could become the main role model in the community.

“MK welcomed the idea of constitution speech competition because MK needs to present in socializing the citizen’s constitutional rights. Once again, congratulation to all participants and winners,” Prof. Aswanto stated. Humas UNS

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In the final round was attended by the Chairman of MK, Dr. Anwar Usman; Vice-Chairman of MK, Prof. Dr. Aswanto; Secretary General of MK, Prof. Dr. M. Guntur Hamzah; Rector of UNS, Prof. Jamal Wiwoho; Dean of FH UNS, Prof. I Gusti Ayu Ketut Rachmi Handayani; Vice-Mayor of Surakarta, Drs. Teguh Prakosa; and Karanganyar Regent, Drs. Juliyatmono, M.M.

In his remark, Prof. Jamal expressed his happiness that the speech competition ran well.

“This proven that UNS is deemed worthy of being the driving force in socializing and spreading the values and norms of the state constitution that must be upheld by all walks of life,” Prof. Jamal stated.

The Secretary-General of MK, Prof. Guntur Hamzah, stated that there were 275 Village Chiefs who participated and sent a video for the competition, which was followed by election and assessment were performed to select five finalists in the semifinal round.

“A day before the final, yesterday, all finalists received materials on the issues regarding Pancasila and constitution. The material was delivered directly by Prof. Aswanto and Prof. Arief Hidayat. We thanked all participants and UNS as an initiator. Insyaallah, we will continue again at Central Java and even the national level,” Prof. Guntur mentioned in his remark.

Vice-Mayor of Surakarta, Teguh Prakosa, reminded the participants that the competition is not solely to gain reward but also how the participants apply their idea in leading their region.

Vice-Chairman of MK, Prof. Aswanto, also hoped that all participants could learn the important points in this event. Hopefully, at least after this competition, there will be an improvement in constitutional knowledge at the first level of government.

“We are sure that as the front line, (the participants) need to follow the development. To maximize the services, (you) need to follow consolidation, both in literacy and knowledge,” he stated.

Following the opening remark, five finalists delivered their oration for 10 minutes. The finalists are Slamet Wiyono, Blulukan Village Chief, Colomadu, Karanganyar District; Tri Prasetyo Utomo, Srimulyo Village Chief, Gondang, Sragen District; Ardita Devi Mayasari, Pulisen Village Chief, Boyolali, Boyolali District; Martantyo Didik Purnomo, Tawangsari Village Chief, Karanganyar District; and Suparmanto, Slogoretno Village Chief, Jatipurno, Wonogiri District. Humas UNS

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Seventy village chiefs were scheduled to participate in the competition from all villages in the Solo Raya region, including Surakarta Municipality, Karanganyar District, Sragen District, Wonogiri District, Sukoharjo District, Klaten District, and Boyolali District. Prof. Aswanto explained that the competition is an effort to assess the village chief’s performance in ensuring the constitutional rights of their people. The faculty member of Universitas Hasanuddin also stated that village leaders are the spearhead of MK in providing constitutional services for the society.

“Bapak Ibu village chiefs have a strategic position as a spearhead in providing services for the community. Therefore, you can be considered by the community as an implementation of their rights as guaranteed in the constitution,” Prof. Aswanto stated.

Prof. Aswanto also emphasized that village chiefs need to provide good services for the community as mandated by the constitution. “The rights to be treated well, the right to be treated humanely,” Prof. Aswanto stated before adding that all of the practices need to be implemented daily in providing services for the community.

The opening ceremony was also attended directly by the Rector of UNS, Prof. Dr. Jamal Wiwoho. Prof. Jamal stated that he is delighted with the event and views it as an exciting and important event.

“It is an honor for us to be trusted by MK to host this competition. Hopefully, the event could run smoothly until Saturday,” Prof. Jamal added.

The constitution speech is a competition held by MK RI in collaboration with FH UNS and was scheduled for three days from Thursday to Saturday (2—4 December 2021). Thursday (2/12/2021) was the first day of the competition with two agendas, the opening ceremony and briefing for participants. The briefing was provided by four speakers: Vice Chairman of MK, Prof. Dr. Aswanto, and three MK judges Prof. Dr. Arief Hidayat, S.H., MS.; Prof. Dr. Enny Nurbaningsih, S.H., M. Hum.; and Prof. Dr. Saldi Isra, S.H.

The competition started on the second day for elimination to semifinal rounds. The final round was held on Saturday (4/12/2021), followed by closing and announcement of the winner. Humas UNS

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