Constitutional Court Judge At The Presidential Election Dispute Session: Bawaslu Don't Be Silent And Passive

JAKARTA - Constitutional Court (MK) Judge Arief Hidayat highlighted the attitude of the Election Supervisory Body (Bawaslu) which was passive in handling alleged violations of the 2024 General Election.

In fact, even in the trial of the dispute over the results of the 2024 presidential election (PHPU), according to Arief, Bawaslu did not provide much information.

"I beg Bawaslu not to be silent and passive. What has been described (explained) must really be reacted. That's what I have to say," said Arief at the Constitutional Court hearing, Monday, April 1.

Arief emphasized that if the problems revealed in the trial were not handled properly by Bawaslu, the Court could have handled the issue.

Thus, Bawaslu should provide an explanation to the panel of judges regarding what issues have emerged so that they can be known and not harm the parties.

"Therefore, I ask Bawaslu to really be able to explain in detail all the problems," said Arief.

"If Bawaslu does not want to solve it, then the Court must complete it so that legal certainty and justice in holding the election can be achieved," he continued.

Similarly, Constitutional Court Judge Saldi Isra highlighted Bawaslu's findings regarding 1,473 polling stations (TPS) that contained intimidation against the organizers.

According to Saldi, this needs to be revealed in detail because it relates to the petitioners' arguments, both Anies-Muhaimin and Ganjar-Mahfud.

"Please explain to us anywhere, what is the form of intimidation, who is intimidating. Because this has something to do with the arguments presented by cases number 1 and 2. So that it can be clear, the Constitutional Court wants to know how the correlation is with the overall process," said Saldi.