Observer Says Political Judicialization Often Occurs During Elections In Indonesia

Titi Anggraini/Photo: Antara

JAKARTA - A member of the Advisory Council of Perludem, Titi Anggraini, stated that the objective conditions ahead of the 2024 General Election (Pemilu) still remain a large dependence on the judicialization of politics (political judicialization) in election arrangements. Titi Anggraini explained that political judicialization is a condition where there is a high dependence on judges and "I suspect that there will be a lot of political judicialization in the run up to the 2024 election due to the unchanged Election Law and the Pilkada Law," said Titi, who was once the Executive Director of Needdem, answering ANTARA's questions in Semarang. , Monday. The alumnus of the Faculty of Law, University of Indonesia (UI) then mentioned a number of laws that became the reference for election administration regulations, including Law Number 7 of 2017 concerning General Elections. Likewise, there was no revision of the Pilkada Law (UU Number 1 Year 2015 concerning the Stipulation of Perpu No. 1 of 2014 concerning the Election of Governors, Regents, and Mayors into Law as amended by Law no. 8 of 2015, Law no. 10 of 2016, and Law no. 6 of 2020.

"There has also been no revision of the Law on Political Parties (Law Number 2 of 2011 concerning Amendments to Law Number 2 of 2008 concerning Political Parties," said Titi, who was elected as an Ambassador for Democracy at the International Institute for Electoral Assistance (International IDEA). Political actors who are interested will take advantage of a lot of judicial review at the Constitutional Court (MK) to examine the constitutionality of norms that exist in the Election Law and the current Pilkada Law. and the pilkada which did not undergo revision in the implementation of the 2024 General Election. This indication, he continued, was seen, for example by the many judicial reviews of the provisions on the threshold for presidential nominations to the Constitutional Court, including the examination of the article that regulates the filling of officials in the Pilkada Law. He predicts in the future The judicial review of the articles of the Election Law and Pilkada will continue to grow Those who want to push for changes to electoral arrangements will use a judicial review in the Constitutional Court as a way out due to the absence of revisions to the Election Law and the Pilkada Law.