The Petitioner’s legal counsel, Haija Wakano, attending the Ruling Hearing on the 2024 Election Dispute (PHPU) for members of DPR (House of Representatives), Provincial and Regency/City DPRD (Regional Legislative Council) of Jakarta electoral district Jakarta 9 on Wednesday (05/22) in the Plenary Courtroom on Wednesday (22/5/2024). Photo by MKRI/Ifa.

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JAKARTA (MKRI) — The Constitutional Court (MK) declared Hendra Widjaja’s, a candidate no. 77 for Provincial DPRD (Regional Legislative) for electoral district (dapil) Jakarta 9, petition inadmissible. Panel of Constitutional Justices ruled Petition for Case No.  03-02-04-11/PHPU.DPR-DPRD-XXII/2024 failed to meet the formal requirements since the Petitioner lacked legal standing to file the Petition. The Ruling Hearing was held on Wednesday, May 22, 2024 in the Plenary Courtroom, Jakarta.

“[The Court] adjudicated, relating to the exception: to grant the Respondent’s exception on the Petitioner’s legal standing. Relating to the subject matter: to declare the Petitioner’s petition inadmissible,” said Chief Justice Suhartoyo alongside other constitutional justices.

According to the Court, after examining the Petitioner’s petition upon the requirements as stipulated in Article 8 paragraph (3) of Constitutional Court Regulation (PMK) 2/2023, and referring to the petition and the List of Completeness of Petitioner’s Electronic Petition Submission (e-DKP3) as an Annex to the Act of Submission of Petitioner’s Petition Number 21-02-04-11/AP3-DPRP-DPRD/Pan.MK/03/2024, in the documents uploaded by the Petitioner, there was no approval letter executed by the Chairperson and the Secretary General of the Central Executive Board (DPP) of the Party of Functional Groups (Golkar).

Furthermore, during the Preliminary Examination Hearing, the Court requested confirmation from the Petitioner regarding the absence of approval letters from the Chairperson and the Secretary General of the Central Executive Board of Golkar. Although the Petitioner was a Candidate for the Provincial DPRD Member from Golkar, due to the failure to meet the requirement of having approval letters executed by the Chairperson and the Secretary General of the political party (in this case, the DPP of Golkar), the Petitioner failed to fulfill the formal requirements stipulated in Article 8 paragraph (3) of PMK 2/2023. 

Therefore, according to the Court, the Petitioner does not have legal standing to file the a quo petition.

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Author: Adam Ilyas

Editor: Lulu Anjarsari P.

Translator : Naomi Andrea Zebua/Fuad Subhan

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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