Substitute registrar Saiful Anwar (left) speaking at a workshop on the general election results dispute resolution for PDI-P, Wednesday (2/22/2023). Photo by MKRIBayu.

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BOGOR (MKRI) — The workshop on the procedural law for the 2024 general election results dispute (PHPU) for the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) was still ongoing on Wednesday, February 22, 2023 at the Pancasila and Constitution Education Center (Pusdik), Cisarua, Bogor, West Java Province. On this third day, the Court’s substitute registrar and expert assistant to constitutional justice gave presentations on drafting petition and relevant party’s statements for the 2024 PHPU.

Substitute registrar Saiful Anwar explained that the subject of DPR and DPRD PHPU cases is the respondent’s (KPU/General Elections Commission) decisions on national election results that affect the Petitioners’ seat acquisition and/or the election of DPR (House of Representatives) and/or DPRD (Regional Legislative Council) members in certain electoral districts. The parties in the PHPU, he explained, are the petitioners, the respondent, and relevant parties.

“The Petitioners might be national and local political parties participating in the election and individual candidates for DPR and DPRD election from the same national/local party who have obtained written approval from the party chairman and secretary-general,” he said.

Meanwhile, the respondent is the election organizer. The relevant parties are those with an interest in the petition, such as other national or local political parties participating in the election and individual DPR/DPRD candidates who have obtained written approval from their party’s chairman and secretary-general.

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Saiful also stated that the Constitutional Court (MK) would be ready to receive petitions within the deadline mandated by the law, i.e. 3x24 hours. The petition must be submitted no later than 3x24 hours after the KPU announces the election results.

“The Court will work 24 hours to accept petitions. If the petition is complete, it will be registered by the Registrar’s Office,” he said.

In addition, the Court has limited time to decide on PHPU cases, i.e. 14 workdays to resolve presidential election results disputes and 30 days to resolve legislative election results (DPR, DPRD, and DPD) disputes. Saiful also reminded the participants that the Court’s authority in the PHPU is only related to disputes over vote results. Nevertheless, other violations can also be resolved in the Court, not only those related to vote results.

At the end of his presentation, Saiful urged the participants to carefully consider the stages of filing a petition, both as a petitioner or a relevant party. He also reminded them that deadline is essential because if the petition is filed exceeding the deadline, even if it is accepted by the Court, the case will be dismissed.

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After Saiful’s presentation, the participants continued to practice drafting a petition. They were divided into several classrooms to learn to draft a petition following the format explained in the previous session. They were guided by the substitute registrars and expert assistants to constitutional justices Hani Adhani, Agusniwan Etra, Jefri Porkonanta, and Alboin Pasaribu.

Author       : Bayu Wicaksono
Editor        : Nur R.
Translator  : Azzahra Salsabilla/Yuniar Widiastuti (NL)

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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