Constitutional Court Rejects Lawsuit On Simultaneous Elections, Fahri Hamzah: MK Victim Of Political Games

JAKARTA - Deputy Chairperson of the Indonesian People's Wave Party (Gelora) Fahri Hamzah, assesses that the Constitutional Court (MK) no longer produces independent decisions. Because, according to him, the existence of the Constitutional Court is now a victim of political games.

At least, said Fahri, it can be seen from the decision of the Constitutional Court's rejection of 30 cases of judicial review related to the Election Law that were submitted to the Constitutional Court.

Fahri also said that he would not demand the Constitutional Court's decision to reject the Gelora Party's lawsuit regarding the review of Law Number 7 of 2017 concerning Elections.

"I'm not too interested in demanding the Constitutional Court too much. Because the Constitutional Court is also a victim of the current political game," said Fahri Hamzah in his statement, Thursday, June 14.

However, according to Fahri, a judicial chamber like the Constitutional Court should be independent, not trapped in the political game of politicians. But now, he said, political actors who want to stay in power have held the Constitutional Court hostage.

Therefore, according to Fahri, the public can no longer expect much from the Constitutional Court to improve itself because it has been held hostage by politics. "So to improve the Constitutional Court in the future, we need to elaborate the definition of statesmen so that they are not easily influenced by politicians," said the former Deputy Speaker of the DPR. "The Constitutional Court now needs to be reformed. We are too romantic. We have been rejected 30 times. If it has been 30 times, then the Constitutional Court has been held hostage by politicians. So we will overthrow the politicians," he said. Fahri added that the Gelora Party would be at the forefront in protecting democratic spirit. Where, he said, the spirit is to maintain a smooth circulation of leadership changes. "The Gelora Party believes that a healthy spirit of democracy is marked by smooth circulation of leadership at every level. So that our democracy is not controlled by oligarchs. We need to guard a democracy that puts substance first," he concluded.

It is known, on Thursday, July 7, the Constitutional Court (MK) rejected at least four lawsuits at once, namely those relating to the Presidential Threshold, Judicial Review related to the implementation of simultaneous elections, judicial review of the Appointments of the Governors of DKI Jakarta and Papua, as well as lawsuits related to party verification. electoral politics.