The Minister Of Home Affairs Explains The Fate Of The Inauguration Of The Elected Regional Head Whose Results Are Finally Dispute At The Constitutional Court

Minister of Home Affairs Tito Karnavian (Photo: Doc. VOI)

JAKARTA - Minister of Home Affairs Tito Karnavian said the elected regional head based on the final results of the 2024 regional election dispute at the Constitutional Court would be sworn in in in succession for adjusting the verdict.

"Later there will be another trial (after an interim or dismissal decision), the inauguration will be in a row," said Minister of Home Affairs Tito quoting Antara.

According to Tito, if many cases are rejected based on the final decision of the Constitutional Court, it is open to the possibility of simultaneous inauguration, but if the number is small, the governor will be sworn in by the President, then the regent/mayor will be sworn in by the governor.

He explained that the technical inauguration would later adjust the verdict of the Court. In the event that the decision is granted, the Constitutional Court generally orders re-voting, recounting votes, or disqualification of candidate pairs.

"For example, there is a re-voting, we don't know when it will be finished because it is not the Constitutional Court, which implements the KPU and regional KPU. Then there are those who may re-vote. Some may be re-calibrating like Yalimo in Papua first, three months has just been completed," he said.

However, the Minister of Home Affairs hopes that regional heads can be sworn in immediately, as directed by President Prabowo Subianto. Apart from the urgency of political stability in the regions, the acceleration of the inauguration is also so that elected regional heads can immediately work for the people.

Meanwhile, the inauguration of the elected regional head who is not in dispute in the Constitutional Court will be combined with the regional head whose case has fallen in an interim decision (dismissal). This is adjusting the schedule for reading the dissal decision by the Constitutional Court from the previous 11'13 February 2025, to 4'5 February.

The government previously planned to inaugurate a non-dispute elected regional head simultaneously on February 6, 2025. However, due to the acceleration of the schedule in the Constitutional Court and taking into account efficiency, the inauguration of a non-dispute regional head is waiting for the results of the dissal decision first.

The Minister of Home Affairs has not yet conveyed the exact date of the inauguration of the non-dispute regional head and the results of the dissal decision. The inauguration schedule still needs to be discussed with the KPU, Bawaslu, and MK. The Minister of Home Affairs will also have a meeting with the DPR on Monday (3/1) regarding this matter.