Deputy Chief Justice Aswanto with Constitutional Justices Arief Hidayat and Daniel Yusmic P. Foekh opening the material judicial review hearing of Law No. 7 of 2017 on General Elections, Tuesday (3/29/2022). Photo by Humas MK/Ifa.

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Tuesday, March 29, 2022 | 10:20 WIB

JAKARTA, Public Relations—The Constitutional Court (MK) held another judicial review hearing of Article 222 of Law No. 7 of 2017 on General Elections (Election Law) on Tuesday, March 29, 2022 in the plenary courtroom. The case No. 21/PUU-XX/2022 was filed by five Regional Representatives Council (DPD) members: Ajbar, Muhammad J. Wartabone, Eni Sumarni, M. Syukur, and Abdul Rachman Thaha. This second hearing was presided over by Deputy Chief Justice Aswanto and Constitutional Justices Manahan M. P. Sitompul and Daniel Yusmic P. Foekh

The Petitioners’ legal counsel Irlan Supari conveyed the revisions to the petition: the addition of legislation relating to the Constitutional Court’s jurisdiction, the revision to typos and errors, and the reinforcement of the petitum.

“In addition, relating to the different signatures of the legal counsel on the petition at the previous hearing, I hereby declare that the signatures were mine and I made it when not in the best condition, hence the slight difference,” he asserted.

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At the preliminary hearing, the Petitioners asserted that Article 222 of the Election Law has directly and indirectly impaired the Petitioners’ constitutional rights because the enactment has allegedly created presidential nomination that is unfair and undemocratic, has limited the opportunity of alternative presidential tickets, thus potentially violate the 1945 Constitution. The Petitioners believe the article not only harms political parties but also individual citizens in having presidential tickets that are the best candidates for leaders, as well as limits new leadership, and limits the right to vote and be elected in elections.

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

Translation uploaded on 3/30/2022 13:09 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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