Deputy Chief Justice Saldi Isra opening a workshop on the procedural law for the 2024 election results disputes for the Indonesian Solidarity Party, Monday (7/24/2023). Photo by MKRI/Bayu.

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BOGOR (MKRI) — Deputy Chief Justice Saldi Isra opened a workshop on the procedural law for the 2024 election results disputes (PHPU) for the Indonesian Solidarity Party (PSI) on Monday, July 24, 2023 at the Pancasila and Constitution Education Center (Pusdik) in Cisarua, Bogor, West Java Province.

in his presentation, Justice Saldi said that political parties in Indonesia today must be able to play a role in political management, so that there is no more corruption in Indonesia. “If political parties can be managed well, there will be no more corruption,” he explained.

He also explained the challenges for political parties in order to improve the situation. If they can present good governance, in the future there will be many young people who want to have a career in political parties.

“Parties must have the courage to foster members who can fill the political superstructure. If political parties can be managed well, in the future the younger generation will aspire to join certain political parties. If political parties can play their role well, many future generations will have a career in political parties,” he said.

PSI is a new political party. According to Justice Saldi, PSI must provide a new paradigm in the current era. “So PSI is one of the new political parties, and being active in 2024 must take the opportunity to provide an example that must provide a new paradigm. Hopefully in the future PSI will qualify for parliament,” he stated.

Priority Task

Meanwhile, Secretary-General Heru Setiawan said that the Constitutional Court is given the authority to adjudicate disputes over election results, so that hopefully the election can produce good leaders. He also reported that workshops such as this are a national priority task.

“The Government gives the Constitutional Court tasks that are a national priority and are intended for all political parties. Of course there is an urgency for this national priority because the Constitutional Court’s focus is election disputes,” Heru said.

PSI Chairperson’s Message

Meanwhile, PSI general chairperson Giring Ganesha advised all PSI members to follow the workshop with focus from the beginning to the end. He also mentioned the Constitutional Court’s role in resolving disputes over the 2024 election results.

“Hopefully we can follow the workshop with focus, because this moment is useful for the future, very useful because the 2024 election is getting closer. The role of the Constitutional Court is also very vital because it oversees disputes over election results,” said Giring.

Procedural Law for 2024 PHPU

In the first session of the workshop, Deputy Chief Saldi Isra and Constitutional Justice M. Guntur Hamzah discussed the procedural law for the 2024 election results disputes. Justice Saldi talked about the preparation for submitting an election result dispute case to the Constitutional Court. He reminded that it must be prepared long before the voting is held.

“If a prior process is not resolved by the authorized institution, the Constitutional Court will take it into consideration. But if it has been resolved by an authorized institution, the Court has no authority to resolve it. The winners and losers must both prepare,” he explained.

He also revealed several election dispute cases that the Court might face. “For example, for PSI to get a seat in parliament, it must meet the parliamentary threshold of 4 percent. If the vote margin is only 0.01 votes, it is very thin. So PSI must show how to prove it in court. The point is to prepare from the start,” he continued.

Next, Justice Saldi explained that the process of resolving disputes over legislative election results is fair because all parties are given the same opportunity to submit evidence. The parties must be prepared with evidence. In addition, he reminded the participants that if they argue the loss of votes, they must accompany it with complete evidence. In this regard, a team is needed to collect evidence.

Meanwhile, in his presentation, Constitutional Justice M. Guntur Hamzah explained the stages in the settlement of the 2024 PHPU cases in the Constitutional Court. Among them are submission of petition, report to the justice deliberation meeting (RPH); registration of petition in the electronic constitution case registration book (e-BRPK); sending of petition copies to the respondent (KPU), Bawaslu, related parties; the RPH on relevant parties; the determination of relevant parties; sending of petition copies to relevant parties; hearing notification; preliminary examination hearing; submission of written responses; evidentiary hearings; RPH; ruling, and submission of decisions.

Justice Guntur also noted that the PHPU case to the Constitutional Court is limited to one-time. Then the evidence must be numbered and labeled before submitted. In addition, he revealed that the Constitutional Court is committed to digital transformation. One of them is by welcoming the 2024 election by preparing to face various challenges, especially when handling PHPU cases on the election of president and vice president, legislative members, and regional heads.

Author       : Bayu Wicaksono.
Editor        : Nur R.
Translator  : Tahlitha Laela/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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