The decree pronouncement hearing for the material judicial review of Law No. 7 of 2017 on the Election, Tuesday (3/29/2022). Photo by Humas MK/Ifa.

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Tuesday, March 29, 2022 | 10:56 WIB

JAKARTA, Public Relations—The material judicial review petition of Article 222 of Law No. 7 of 2017 on General Elections (Election Law), filed by Jaya Suprana, had been withdrawn. The decree No. 16/PUU-XX/2022 was read out at a ruling hearing that the Court held on Tuesday, March 29, 2022 in the plenary courtroom virtually.

Chief Justice Anwar Usman said the Court had examined the case at a preliminary hearing, but on March 14 it received the Petitioner’s letter requesting the withdrawal of the petition.

Subsequently, the constitutional justices determined at a justice deliberation meeting (RPH) that the request was legally warranted, as it was in accordance with Article 35 paragraphs (1) and (2) of the Constitutional Court Law.

“[The Court] grants the withdrawal [request] of the Petitioner’s petition; declares petition No. 16/PUU-XX/2022 on the material judicial review of Law No. 7 of 2017 on General Elections against the 1945 Constitution withdrawn; declares the Petitioner unable to file the a quo petition again; orders the Chief Registrar of the Constitutional Court to record the withdrawal of petition No. 16/PUU-XX/2022 in the electronic constitutional case registration book (e-BRPK) and to return the petition’s copy to the Petitioner,” Justice Anwar stressed alongside the other eight constitutional justices.

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At the preliminary hearing, the Petitioner, who attended the hearing virtually without a counsel, argued that Article 222 of the Election Law had restricted the people’s right to run in the presidential election. The article reads, “A presidential candidate ticket shall be nominated by a political party (or a coalition thereof) contesting in an election that has managed to win at least 20% (twenty percent) of DPR seats or 25% (twenty-five percent) of national valid votes in the previous election of members of the DPR.”

Due to the provision on presidential threshold, he did not wish to continue running in election because he did not have access to neither political parties and nor funding. In the petitum, he requested that the Court declare Article 222 of the Election Law unconstitutional and not legally binding.

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

Translation uploaded on 3/30/2022 13:35 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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