The Constitutional Court Rejects The Lawsuit Of The Ummah Party Because It Has Never Participated In The General Election

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JAKARTA - The Indonesian Constitutional Court (MK) has rejected the lawsuit for judicial review of Law Number 7 of 2017 concerning General Elections (Pemilu) submitted by the Ummat Party because the party has never participated in previous elections. "The a quo party court cannot yet be declared a political party participants in the previous election, so that there is no constitutional loss to the applicant in the a quo petition," said Deputy Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court Aswanto in a hearing for the promulgation of a number of decisions and stipulations in Jakarta, Tuesday, March 29. submit a request for review of the provisions regarding the threshold for the nomination of President, and Vice President, "in casu" Article 222 of Law Number 7 of 2017, the Constitutional Court considered the decision on case Number 74/PUUVIII/2020 dated January 14, 2021. politicians who have legal standing apply for norms testing Article 222 of Law Number 7 of 2017 is a political party or coalition of political parties that has been a participant in the previous general election.

Meanwhile, the Ummat Party, in this case as the applicant, is a political party that has just been registered with the Ministry of Law and Human Rights (Kemenkumham). In addition, the Ummat Party has never been verified by the General Elections Commission (KPU), both administratively and factually as well as the requirements to become a political party participating in the election. "Although the court has the authority to hear the a quo petition, because the applicant does not have the legal standing to file the a quo petition, the court does not consider the subject matter of the petition," he said. MK plenary. The Petitioners were represented by Ridho Rahmadi as the General Chair and A. Muhajir as the Secretary General of the Central Executive Board (DPP) of the Ummat Party.