The Constitutional Court held a hearing Case Number 56/PUU-XI/2013 regarding judicial review of political legislation package proposed by Saurip Kadi on Tuesday (25/6) at the Plenary Court. Saurip Kadi confirmed, it has improved the application as recommended by the Panel at the hearing before the Constitutional Court.

"From the lawsuit that has been disconnected and is (in the inspection, pen), it turns out only one associated with the materials we sue, which is associated with the presidential threshold. So what I say is not compromised or affected by other claims. Either already decided or who are (in examination)," said Saurip Kadi.

Additionally, Saurip Kadi also briefly explained the main petition to the Constitutional Court Panel consisting of Deputy Chief Justice Ahmad Sodiki (Panel Chair), Maria Farida Indrati, and Arief Hidayat. He states, threshold settings on the presidential and parliamentary threshold is a mere subterfuge. "What happened as a result of people appointed representative voice is lost. This issue of sovereignty," said him.

Other subterfuge, said Saurip Kadi, is associated implementation presidential threshold in pure presidential system like in Indonesia. This kind of thing does not go according to political logic.

It was also related authority Substitution between Time (PAW) which is owned by the political parties. According to Saurip Kadi, the direct election system as applicable in the Indonesian political party should not have the right to PAW. "The party that never was mandated by people necessarily has the right to PAW," he said.

"In the four laws that we contested this, in ranking law to be located under the Constitution, but the charges against goodwill deconstruction make changes and mandate of the Constitution as amended. It really is unfair," he said.

The provisions that were tested by the applicant, namely Article 208 of Act 8 of 2012 on the Election of Members of the House of People Representatives, House of Regional Representatives and Regional Representatives Council, Article 3 Paragraph (5) and Article 9 of Act 42/2008 on the Election of President and Vice-President, Article 12, paragraph e, g, and h Act No. 2 of 2011 on Political Parties, as well as Article 80 of Act 27/2009 on the People’s Consultative Assembly, House of People Representatives, House of Regional Representative, and Legislative Council. (Dodi / mh)