Chief Justice Anwar Usman reading out a decree on the withdrawal of a petition on the nomination of president election candidates, Tuesday (10/31/2023). Photo by MKRI/Ifa.

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JAKARTA (MKRI) — The Constitutional Court (MK) passed a decree for the judicial review of the 1945 Constitution and the General Elections Commission (KPU) Regulation No. 22 of 2018 on the nomination of candidates in the presidential election. The ruling hearing to pronounce Decree No. 136/PUU-XXI/2023 took place on Tuesday, October 24, 2023 in the plenary courtroom, chaired by Chief Justice Anwar Usman.

“[The Court] grants the withdrawal of the Petitioner’s petition,” said Chief Justice Anwar Usman reading the verdict for the decree.

Chief Justice Anwar stated that the Court had received the Petitioner’s petition and examined it. At the preliminary hearing on October 24, after hearing the justices’ advice, the Petitioner stated that he did not know that the object of the petition was not within the Court’s authority and decided to withdraw the petition.

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In his petitum, the Petitioner argued against the regulation on presidential and vice-presidential candidates proposed by a political party or a coalition of political parties. He believed it contrary to the constitutional rights of citizens. “Due to those articles, people cannot register themselves as presidential or vice-presidential candidates,” he said.

He shared that he had dreamed of becoming a president for a long time. For this reason, he traveled from Yogyakarta to Jakarta to seek the support of political parties in order to be nominated. However, he found it difficult to meet the chairpersons of political parties to obtain support. He tried to meet presidential tickets who had been nominated by political parties or party coalitions, but he failed to do so.

“I appeal to the Constitutional Court to add to the Constitution so that I can register as a presidential or vice-presidential candidate. The supplement is that Constitution Chapter III Article 6A paragraph (2) reads, ‘Candidates for President and Vice President shall be proposed by individuals prior to the general election,’” said the Petitioner reading out his petitum.

Author       : Utami Argawati
Editor        : Nur R.
PR            : Raisa Ayuditha
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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