Titi Anggraini: The 2024 Election Lawsuit Could Be A Turning Point For The Constitutional Court

JAKARTA - Member of the Association for Elections and Democracy (Perludem), Titi Anggraini assessed that the 2024 Presidential and Legislative Elections were running both technically and procedurally. However, he supports if there are parties who test the election results through a lawsuit to the Constitutional Court.

"To bring the election results to trial, in this case, the Constitutional Court shows that we are a civilized society," said Titi Anggarini in a chat with Eddy Wijaya on the Edshare On podcast.

Titi considers it natural for a pair of presidential and vice presidential candidates to question voters and violations that influence voters. This needs to be done so that all parties do not only rely on results or figures but also in the process. If only prioritizing the numbers, people will compete to commit fraud," said the woman who was born on October 12, 1979.

According to Titi, the trial at the Constitutional Court is also very important for the credibility of the Constitutional Court which was tarnished because it passed the presidential candidate age limit. This regulation is the tool to nominate Gibran Rakabuming Raka, the eldest son of President Joko Widodo to run as a vice presidential candidate for Prabowo Subianto.

"From moving street fights to the courtroom open and open to the public, we can assess and see that that's where the dispute over the election results becomes a turning point for the momentum of the Constitutional Court to regain public trust," said the alumni of the Faculty of Law at the University of Indonesia.

In the EdShareOn podcast, Eddy Wijaya advised that whoever wins based on the recapitulation results at the General Elections Commission and the results of lawsuits at the Constitutional Court can be accepted by all parties. And what is no less important is not to be anarchic," said Eddy.

In chatting with Eddy Wijaya on the Edshare On podcast, Titi Anggraini also mentioned the massive distribution of social assistance (bansos) in the midst of the 2024 election campaign. According to Titi, the alleged use of social assistance for practical political interests has also become a phenomenon in a number of countries such as Thailand and the Philippines.

Titi explained that the Philippines explicitly called social assistance politicization a pork barrel of politics or pork gentong politics. According to Titi, using state resources, namely social assistance, it is as if the personal programs of public officials are participating in political contestation.

"Well, what happens in our country is the social assistance from Pak Jokowi. Even though Pak Jokowi is not a contestant, everyone knows who he supports; there is a son who is contesting," said Titi.

According to Titi, the effect of social assistance in the community is very strong because she considers the program as an answer to their needs. Even Titi Anggraini admitted that she found many people who changed their choices because of the social assistance. "I found many people when I asked, there were those who claimed to have changed their choice because they felt they got more incentives from the social assistance program," he said. (ADV)