Chief Justice Suhartoyo attending at the opening of a coaching clinic for substitute registrars for the 2024 regional election results dispute resolution at Pancasila and Constitution Education Center, Thursday (11/7/2024). Photo by MKRI/Panji.

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BOGOR (MKRI) — Chief Justice) Suhartoyo, Deputy Chief Justice Saldi Isra, along with other constitutional justices attended the opening of the Coaching Clinic for Substitute Registrars for the 2024 Regional Head Election Results Dispute of the 2024 at the Pancasila and Constitution Education Center (Pusdik MK) Cisarua, Bogor, West Java, on Thursday (7/11/2024) evening. 

"In this activity, we can refresh ourselves on the disputes over the results of the general election, so that we truly understand what we really need to keep in mind in handling cases over the results of regional head elections," said Suhartoyo.

Through this activity, constitutional justices together with substitute registrars need to align their perceptions and views on procedural law or principles that must be used as substance. When in practice when the trial is conducted by panel, hence among the substitute registrars can remind each other.

After the opening, Suhartoyo also provided a general overview on the 2024 PHPKada cases which is different with the General Election Results Dispute (PHPU). One of the different is the object of the petition, in PHPKada is the decree of the Provincial General Election Commission (KPU) or the Regency/City KPU regarding the determination of the voting results. So, it is not about the minutes of the plenary meeting to determine the recapitulation results. In addition, Suhartoyo also briefly explain regarding the formal requirements for the threshold pertinent filing a petition for PHP Kada as stipulated in Article 158 of Law Number 10 of 2016 (Regional Election Law). The provisions of this article will be enforced after the examination hearing in which considered the Main Petition.

The petitioner in his petition shall describes Article 158 of Law 10/2016 in its legal standing by linking it to the petitum to explain before the Court the application of Article 158 of Law 10/2016. According to Suhartoyo, this formal requirement is likely related to the KPU's negligence and can be seen in the dynamics of evidence in the trial.

"If the petitioner does not allege that there was any error by KPU in conducting the recapitulation, there was no TSM (structured, systematic, and massive), perhaps the Court could decide to dismiss, and we do not need to bring it to the evidentiary area together with the main case," said Suhartoyo.

Meanwhile, Acting Registrar Muhidin in his report said that the Court requires maximum preparation in various aspects to strengthen support for constitutional justices in handling PHPKada cases. This coaching activity also as an event to strengthen judicial techniques in order to make PHPKada 2024 a success. "We need maximum effort in prepare various aspects to strengthen support for His Excellencies, the Constitutional Justice," said Muhidin.

 

Author            : Mimi Kartika
Editor             : N. Rosi
Translator      : Sherly Octaviana Sari (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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