Gustika Fardani Jusuf

Gustika Fardani Jusuf (born 19 January 1994), also known as Gustika Hatta, is an Indonesian activist.

Gustika Fardani Jusuf
Jusuf in 2015
Born	(1994-01-19) 19 January 1994
Nationality	Indonesian
Other names	Gustika Hatta
Alma mater	King's College London
Occupation	Activist
Years active	2012–present
Relatives	Mohammad Hatta (maternal grandfather) Meutia Hatta Swasono (maternal aunt)

Early life

Jusuf was born on 19 January 1994 to Halida Nuriah Hatta and Gary Rachman Jusuf. Her maternal grandfather, Mohammad Hatta, was the first vice president of the country. She went to Institut D’etudes Politiques de Lyon for a year and continued to taking a short course at Oxford University and Sotheby's Institute of Art. In 2015, Jusuf went to King's College London majoring in war studies and graduated in 2018.

Career

Jusuf started her career by became a delegate at United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Doha, followed by became a delegate at Youth Delegate for COP 18/CMP 8, in 2012. In 2013, she became a delegate of Indonesia at Youth Forum at UNESCO and became an intern at the 37th General Conference. Jusuf then became a delegate of Youth Forum at United Nations conference which discusses about women. She also became an intern representative from Indonesia at United Nations and was active in joining and attending international forum.

In 2016, Jusuf become a member of Youth of Indonesia Supervisory Board.

Activism

In 2020, Jusuf criticized the decision of the Ministry of Communications and Informatics regarding handling the COVID-19 misinformation.

On 28 November 2022, Jusuf sued President Joko Widodo and Minister of Internal Affairs, Tito Karnavian, at the State Administrative Court due to considered Joko Widodo's actions as the first defendant to issue regulations implementing the appointment of acting regional heads as an unlawful act by government officials. She then asked the Jakarta State Administrative Court to declare that the government actions carried out by Jokowi and Tito by appointing and inaugurating 88 acting regional heads during the period from 12 May 2022 until 25 November 2022 contained elements of abuse of power because they were carried out without first issuing implementing regulations and considers the action to be an unlawful act. Jusuf then asked the Jakarta State Administrative Court to order Joko Widodo to issue implementing regulations as a follow-up to the implementation of Article 201 paragraphs (9), (10), and (11) of Law 10/2016 as mandated by the provisions of Article 205 C of Law 10/2016 jo Constitutional Court Decision Number: 67/PUU-XIX/2021 jo Constitutional Court Decision Number: 15/PUU-XX/2022. She also requested that the Jakarta State Administrative Court declare the actions of Joko Widodo and Karnavian in appointing and inaugurating 88 acting officers as invalid.

Controversy

In 2018, Hatta wrote criticism on her social media against politicians in Indonesia due to always bringing and identifying themself as her grandfather, Muhammad Hatta, at every political event. She added that the politicians identified with Hatta did not necessarily know him well. The criticism then became popular on social media and Jusuf then received both praise and blasphemy due to be considered impolite in conveying her criticism.