Legal counsel of the Petitioner delivering his statement on the petition revision of the judicial review of the Election Law, Tuesday (26/6) in the Plenary Courtroom of the Constitutional Court. Photo by Humas MK/Ganie.

In relation to the implementation of regional election including in Garut, with a lot of considerations, Garut Regent of the 2004-2009 period Agus Supriadi withdrew the petition for judicial review of the provision on judicial review as stipulated in Article 154 paragraph (10) of Law No. 10/2016 on the Second Amendment to Law No. 1/2015 on the Stipulation of Government Regulation in Lieu of Law No. 1/2014 on the Election of Governors, Regents, and Mayors into Law (Regional Election Law) on Tuesday (26/6) in the Plenary Courtroom of the Constitutional Court. 

In the session led by Constitutional Justice Mahanan M. P. Sitompul accompanied by Constitutional Justices Maria Farida Indrati and Arief Hidayat, Saleh, one of the legal counsels, confirmed the withdrawal. He argued that the withdrawal of the petition was done after a meeting and discussion related to the judicial review being petitioned and no middle ground was reached. "Given that the election will be held tomorrow, the case will be withdrawn. So, as legal counsel we shall carry out the principal petitioner\'s wishes," he explained. 

The Petitioner of Case No. 43/PUU-XVI/2018 objected to the enactment of Article 154 paragraph (10) of the Election Law. The Petitioner is a former convict. Based on the Statement of the Garut District Court Class I B No. W.11.U.8/1573/727/HL.04.04/VIIII/2017 dated August 16, 2017 the Petitioner is also running as a prospective Garut Regent and Deputy Regent candidate in 2018. However, in reality the Petitioner is not listed as a candidate pair because he could not file a petition for judicial review as stipulated in Article 154 paragraph (10) of the Election Law. (Sri Pujianti/LA/Yuniar Widiastuti)