Expert assistant to constitutional justice Intan Permata Putri welcoming law students from the Christian University of Indonesia, Wednesday (5/10/2023). Photo by Humas MK/Bayu.

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JAKARTA (MKRI) — Through her presentation on “Protection of Right to Vote from Constitutional Court,” expert assistant to constitutional justice Intan Permata Putri introduced the Constitutional Court’s (MK) authority to fifty-two law students of the Christian University of Indonesia (UKI) on Wednesday, May 10, 2023 in the Court’s main hall. The students learned about how the Court carries out its duties and functions as mandated by the Constitution.

Intan informed the students of the Court’s authority: to adjudicate laws against the 1945 Constitution at the first and last instance with decisions that are final, to settle authority disputes between state institutions whose authority is granted by the 1945 Constitution, to decide the dissolution of political parties, and to settle disputes over general election results.

The judicial review proceedings start with a preliminary examination hearing, followed by examination hearings, the justice deliberation meeting, and the ruling hearing. The Court’s judicial review does not concern constitutional complaint or constitutional question, she added. She also explained the format of a judicial review petition: the petitioner’s profile, the Court’s authority, the petitioner’s legal standing, the posita, and the petitum.

Intan then talked about the Court’s authority to examine general and regional election results disputes. Decisions on election results disputes and judicial review cases are fundamentally different, she said. “In judicial review cases, there rarely are interlocutory decisions, while they are plenty in election results dispute cases. For example, they are issued if the Court finds indications of violations, so the constitutional justices have the right to order a recount and even a revote,” she said.

She also explained the differences in petition format for the two types of cases. Petitions on election results disputes also detail the deadline, which is 45 days.

After her presentation, Intan opened a Q&A session for the students to openly discussed cases that the Court had handled.

Author       : Sri Pujianti
Editor        : Lulu Anjarsari P.
Translator  : Yuniar Widiastuti (NL)

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

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