8 Constitutional Court Judges Open The 2024 Presidential Election Dispute Session

JAKARTA - Chairman of the Constitutional Court (MK) Suhartoyo opened and chaired the trial of the decision on the 2024 Presidential Election Result Dispute (PHPU) case in the second floor courtroom of the Indonesian Constitutional Court, Jakarta, Monday morning.

Eight construction panel of judges began to enter the courtroom at 08.58 WIB. Then, Suhartoyo knocked the hammer at 08.59 WIB as a sign of the start of the presidential election dispute trial.

"Case Trial Number 1 and Number 2/PHPU.PRES-XXII/2024 were opened and the trial was declared open to the public," Suhartoyo said.

Suhartoyo said the agenda for today's trial was the pronunciation of the verdict for two cases, namely those submitted by Anies-Muhaimin and Ganjar-Mahfud. He also reminded the parties in the case not to interrupt during the trial.

"The panel of judges will only read out or say the verdict in the main parts, the rest is considered pronounced and the things that are not spoken or are not read out are considered a unit that is inseparable from the decision that was pronounced or read out," Suhartoyo said.

The trial began with reading the verdict for the case filed by Anies-Muhaimin.

It is known that the lawsuit filed by Anies-Muhaimin is registered with Case Number 1/PHPU.PRES-XXII/2024, while the Ganjar-Mahfud lawsuit is registered with Case Number 2/PHPU.PRES-XXII/2024.

As for the petition, the Anies-Muhaimin and Ganjar-Mahfud pair basically asked the Constitutional Court to cancel the KPU Decree Number 360 of 2024 concerning the determination of the results of the 2024 presidential and vice presidential general elections.

They also asked the Constitutional Court to disqualify the Prabowo Subianto-Gibran Rakabuming Raka pair as participants in the 2024 presidential election. Then, asked the Constitutional Court to order the KPU to re-vote for the 2024 presidential election without including Prabowo-Gibran.