Preliminary Trial about regional government election (UU Pemilukada) was held at Constitutional Court on Monday (20/10). The Plaintiff is Samulia Indra who was accompanied by his attorneys. The hearing was led by Justice Arief Hidayat.

“Thank you, your petition has been accepted on Tuesday, October 14. […] as known the pleaded Act is now annulled by the ruling of lieu of law. The Panel decided that the object has been abolished. The process is now on your call,” Arief said.

“Your Majesty, the issuance of the lieu of law has been inferred in our consideration. In our petition, we have elaborated the reason behind why we persist to process the formal review within 45-day due. We set the regular basis that the lieu of law might clog in the parliament, if so the regulation will take place and the 45-year due might pass. We thought about such probability and the repercussion of our petition is on the Court,” Hasan Lumban Raja said.    

Arief Hidayat, nodded to the dilemma. “We don’t own jurisprudence if the lieu of law wrecked in the parliament. Some regulation may be imposed, another regulation that props the lieu of law will transform into Act otherwise,” Arief explained.

“If the lieu of law rejected, the Act will not apply imminently. There is another legal consequence, its code will change. Everything would back to its first place. Formal review my apply since the recent Act has been annulled,” Arief said  

Meanwhile, Justice Maria addressed that President must set another draft if the lieu of law sunken “If the lieu of law rejected, it will become an Act. Otherwise, President must set a draft bill to revoke the lieu of law,” she said

The Plaintiff argued that UU Pilkada probe on Sep 25 was failed in quorum as determined in Article 284 verse (1) DPR order, therefore President’s validation shouldn’t have been applied at the very first place. (Nano Tresna Arfana/mh/kun)