Constitutional Justices Saldi Isra, Arief Hidayat, and Manahan M. P. Sitompul at the panel petition revision hearing of the judicial review of Law No. 7 of 2017 on General Elections, Monday (10/18/2021). Photo by Humas MK/Ifa.

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Monday, October 18, 2021 | 14:58 WIB

JAKARTA, Public Relations—The Constitutional Court (MK) held another judicial review hearing of Law No. 7 of 2017 on General Elections for case No. 50/PUU-XIX/2021 on Monday, October 18, 2021 in the panel courtroom. The Petitioner, contract SMK (vocational school) teacher Herifuddin Daulay from Dumai, appeared before the Court virtually. The hearing was presided over by Constitutional Justices Saldi Isra (chair), Arief Hidayat, and Manahan M. P. Sitompul.

At the petition revision hearing, the Petitioner conveyed the addition to the norm being reviewed: Law No. 12 of 2006 on the Citizenship of the Republic of Indonesia. He also conveyed that he uses Article 28D paragraph (2), Article 28I paragraph (2), and Article 28J paragraph (2) of the 1945 Constitution as touchstones. He also elaborated his constitutional rights that have been violated due to the enactment of the norms.

“The constitutional rights that have been violated include the right as a nation not to be colonized by other nations and the right to territory or sovereignty. As for the norms being reviewed are the Election Law and the Citizenship Law,” he said without the assistance of a legal counsel. In the revised petition, the Petitioner also elaborated the cause and effect of this factual or potential loss in relation to his constitutional rights as a citizen.

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At the preliminary hearing, the Petitioner revealed his background in filing the petition: Indonesia and the national life has experienced various governments—ancient kingdoms, colonization, the struggle for independence, and the reformation. The Preamble to the 1945 Constitution states that the main goal of the struggle for independence is to be its on sovereign, including having an Indonesian citizen (WNI) as president.

The Petitioner believes that Law No. 7 of 2017 that is in force to elect president-vice president has not reflected the basic provisions of the 1945 Constitution and has fatal mistakes that conflict with the 1945 Constitution as they could allow Indonesia to be ruled by other nations through an Indonesian citizen.

Writer        : Sri Pujianti
Editor        : Lulu Anjarsari P.
PR            : M. Halim
Translator  : Yuniar Widiastuti (NL)

Translation uploaded on 10/18/2021 22:01 WIB

Disclaimer: The original version of the news is in Indonesian. In case of any differences between the English and the Indonesian versions, the Indonesian version will prevail.

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