The judicial review hearing of the Law on the Election of Governors, Regents, and Mayors to hear the petition revision, Monday (1/24/2022) virtually. Photo by Humas MK/Ilham W. M.

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Monday, January 24, 2022 | 14:41 WIB

JAKARTA, Public Relations—The Constitutional Court (MK) held another judicial review hearing of Law No. 10 of 2016 on the Second Amendment to Law No. 1 of 2015 on the Stipulation of the Government Regulation in Lieu of Law No. 1 of 2014 on the Election of Governors, Regents, and Mayors into Law (Pilkada Law) on Monday, January 24, 2022. The panel hearing was presided over by Constitutional Justices Suhartoyo (panel chair), Arief Hidayat, and Manahan M. P. Sitompul. At this second hearing for case No. 67/PUU-XIX/2021, Bartolomeus Mirip and Makbul Mubarak, who challenge Article 201 paragraphs (7) and (8) of the Pilkada Law, conveyed the revisions to the petition through Ahmad Irawan dan Zain Maulana Husein.

“The Court’s authorities were added in Law No. 7 of 2020 in relation to the third amendment and the inclusion of [the Constitutional Court Regulation/PMK] No. 2 of 2021. The Petitioners legal standing was also revised in that Petitioner I has the right to vote and to be elected,” said Irawan.

In addition, the Petitioners amended the touchstones by making Article 27 paragraph (1), Article 28D paragraph (1), and Article 28I paragraph (2) of the 1945 Constitution the basis for reviewing the a quo law. Meanwhile, in the Petitioners’ legal standing, a description was added regarding Petitioner I's desire to run for office with various preparations, including by filing this petition to the Constitutional Court.

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At the preliminary hearing, it was revealed that Petitioner I once ran in the Intan Jaya Regency election in 2017. He believes that regent-vice regent elected in 2017 were to take office until 2022. With the next pilkada set for November 2024, there is a 2-year power vacuum. He argued that in order to participate in the next pilkada, he would have to wait for another 7 years.

Meanwhile, Petitioner II, an eligible voter who voted in the 2015 and 2020 regent election of Tolitoli, said that the regional heads-elect in 2020 only took office for 4 years, when the term has been regulated in Law No. 23 of 2014 on the Regional Government. The Petitioners believe the shortened term of office or resignation potentially reduces the quality qualify of the regional elections’ democratic nature and negatively impacts the quality of public services in the regions.

Writer        : Sri Pujianti
Editor        : Lulu Anjarsari P.
PR            : Andhini S. F.
Translator  : Yuniar Widiastuti (NL)

Translation uploaded on 01/25/2022 08:24 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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