Supreme Court Puts an End to Water Privatization in DKI Jakarta

The Supreme Court (Mahkamah Agung–“MA”) has rendered Decision No. 31 K/Pdt/2017 (“MA Decision”), which settles the citizens’ lawsuit [1] filed by 12 Indonesian citizens, who were being represented by the Rights-over-Water Advocacy Team acting as the claimant (“Claimant”).The lawsuit was filed againstthe government (i.e., the President, Vice President, Ministry of Public Works and Ministry of Finance) and two private companies responsible for the management of the provision of water in the Special Capital Region of Jakarta (“DKI Jakarta”) (i.e., PT Aetra Air Jakarta and PT PAM Lyonnaise Jaya) (“Respondents”).Prior to the issuance of the MA Decision, this dispute was previously settled through the following two judicial decisions which were issued below MA level, specifically: