Who Is Denny Indrayana, Who Sued For His Defeat In The South Kalimantan Regional Head Election To The Constitutional Court

Denny Indrayana (Source: Antara)

JAKARTA - Former Deputy Minister of Law and Human Rights (Wamenkum HAM), Denny Indrayana, sued his defeat in the Governor Election (Pilgub) of South Kalimantan (South Kalimantan) to the Constitutional Court (MK). Denny is sure that the Court will grant his lawsuit. Who is Denny Indrayana?

Denny Indrayana registered the Pilgub dispute lawsuit to the Constitutional Court on Tuesday, December 22, 2020. He came with his team of lawyers.

Denny said that he submitted several requests for dispute over vote count results. One of them is for the Constitutional Court to cancel the vote acquisition of candidate pair number 1, Sahbirin-Muhidin.

The lawsuit, registered under number 127 / PAN.MK / AP3 / 12/2020, explains the reason for Denny's lawsuit because as a candidate pair, Sahbirin-Muhidin has misused COVID-19 assistance for the campaign. It is known, from Sahbirin Muhidin, Denny and his partner, Difriadi lost by a difference of 8,127 votes.

Denny Indrayana in South Kalimantan Pilkada

In South Kalimantan Pilkada, Denny Indrayana paired up with Difriadi Darjat. The two of them faced off against Sahbirin Noor-Muhidin, the incumbent. Sahbirin, who departed from the Golkar Party, has been in power since 2016.

He is the uncle of Andi Syamsuddin Arsyad alias Haji Isam, a coal entrepreneur and owner of the Jhonlin Group. In the 2020 Pilkada, Sahbirin-Muhidin was supported by six parties: Golkar, PAN, PDIP, PKS, NasDem, and PKB. Meanwhile, Denny-Difriadi, who lobbied for seven major parties, finally only received support from three parties: Democrat, Gerindra, and PPP.

Denny and Difriadi's opponents were strong. Sahbirin-Muhidin, apart from having more party power, also has richer funding. Both of them funded the contestation with IDR 2.5 billion - to be exact, IDR 2,556,306,500. Meanwhile Denny-Difriadi was only IDR 836 million.

Sahbirin-Muhidin won with a percentage of 50.3 percent, compared to Denny-Difriadi whose votes were 49.7 percent. If converted, the total votes collected by Sahbirin-Muhidin would be 845,660. Meanwhile Denny-Difriadi collected 835,973.

Before losing and then pleading with the Constitutional Court, Denny and his partner had several times made reports on the violations committed by Sahbirin and Muhidin to the South Kalimantan Election Supervisory Board (Bawaslu). At least, according to the claim of Denny's camp, the opponent had committed 107 offenses.

Denny Indrayana before the South Kalimantan Pilkada

Before advancing in the South Kalimantan Pilkada, Denny Indrayana was known as an expert in constitutional law. He also served as Deputy Minister of Law and Human Rights (Wamenkum HAM) under President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY).

Denny was appointed Deputy Minister of Law and Human Rights on October 19, 2011. In addition, Denny has also served as Secretary of the Legal Mafia Task Force (2009-2011) and Special Staff to the President for Law, Human Rights, and the Eradication of Corruption, Collusion and Nepotism from 2008 to 2011.

Before entering the government, Denny was known as a loyalist to SBY. He is an activist who is quite critical, especially regarding the eradication of corruption. Denny founded the Indonesian Court Monitoring (ICM), an institution that was founded because of concerns over the rampant practice of the judicial mafia.

In addition to ICM, Denny is also known as the founder of the Center for Anti-Corruption Studies (Pukat) of the Faculty of Law, Gadjah Mada University (UGM), which has become a platform for raising the spirit of anti-corruption.

While serving as Deputy Minister of Law and Human Rights, Denny was in the spotlight for allegedly slapping a Riau Province Community Service Institution (LP) officer. The incident occurred April 3, 2012.

At that time, Denny and the National Narcotics Agency (BNN) conducted a surprise inspection. The slapping was said to have occurred because he felt that prison officials were holding him and his entourage by stalling for time to open the door.

The inspection was carried out in relation to information on drug transactions in prisons. Denny has denied it. However, criticism remains heavy, although there are also many who support it.

Denny Indrayana is ...

Denny Indrayana was born December 11, 1972 in Kota Baru, Pulau Laut, South Kalimantan. Denny's hometown is a small island, located in the southernmost corner of Borneo Island. Denny's father worked as an employee at PT Perhutani II, a BUMN. Denny moved around a lot. Equal with the transfer of parental duties.

Denny even attended SD Manokwari Irian Jaya up to grade 3. After that Denny returned to South Kalimantan and continued his studies until he graduated from high school. In 1991, Denny continued his studies at the UGM Faculty of Law. He successfully earned a law degree in 1995.

In 1996, Denny took a master's program in law and earned an LL.M degree from the University of Minnesota, United States (US). The title was obtained in 1997. Five years later, after receiving the Australian Development Scholarship, Denny chose a doctoral program at the Faculty of Law, University of Melbourne, Australia.

Then in 2005, at the age of 32, Denny graduated as one of the youngest doctors from UGM. Denny's thesis at that time was entitled, Indonesian Constitutional Reform 1999-2002: Evaluation of the making of a transitional constitution.

As an academic, Denny Indrayana started his career as a lecturer at the Muhammadiyah University of Yogyakarta (2000-2001). Continuing, Denny was a lecturer at UGM, where he studied.

Denny Indrayana's Profile

Name

Denny Indrayana

Place of birth

Kota Baru, Pulau Laut, South Kalimantan

Date of birth

11 December 1972

Citizenship

Indonesia

Education

Undergraduate Program, Faculty of Law, UGM

Masters Program, Minnesotta University, USA

Doctoral Program, University of Melbourne, Australia

Career

Special Staff for Law, Human Rights and Corruption Eradication, Collusion and Nepotism (2008)

Secretary of the Task Force to Eradicate the Legal Mafia (2009)

Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Law and Human Rights (2011)