Motion Not Believe In DPD, Yandri Susanto Calls Fadel Muhammad Still With The Status Of Chairman Of The MPR

Deputy Chairman of the Indonesian People's Consultative Assembly Yandri Susanto visited the Hajj and Umrah 2023 Exhibition in Jeddah Superdrome, Saudi Arabia, Monday (9/1). (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - Deputy Chairman of the Indonesian People's Consultative Assembly Yandri Susanto emphasized that Fadel Muhammad remains the Deputy Chairperson of the MPR representing elements of the Indonesian Regional Representative Council (DPD).

Previously, the DPD Plenary Session conveyed a vote of distrust regarding the desire of the majority of DPD members to withdraw Fadel from the position of deputy chairman of the MPR

"A meeting of the leadership of the MPR RI has been held and the decision is to respect the ongoing legal process," he said at the Parliament Complex, to Antaa, Tuesday, January 24.

He explained that the Central Jakarta District Court did not want to try the lawsuit. Thus, Fadel Muhammad made an appeal to the DKI Jakarta High Court.

"The MPR leadership is still waiting for the ongoing legal process and waiting for the final decision (inkrah) to make a decision," he asserted.

Previously, the Panel of Judges at the Central Jakarta District Court had read out the verdict of case Number 518/Pdt.G/2022/PN Jkt.Pst.

The decision was read out by the Chief Judge of Bakri, who was accompanied by Adeng Abdul Kohar and T. Oyong as Member Judges, and attended by the Attorney's Attorney and Attorney's Authority.

In the copy of the decision, it is said that he paid attention to Article 136 HIR / 162 RBg and other regulations in question, Mengadili: 1.bulge the exception of Defendant I and Defendant II.

Then, declare that the Central Jakarta District Court is not authorized to try case Number 518 / Pdt.G / 2022 / PN Jkt.Pst filed by the plaintiff.

Previously, at the Plenary Meeting, Thursday, August 18, 2022, the DPD decided that Tamsil Linrung as a candidate for the leadership of the MPR from the DPD element to replace Fadel Muhammad.

On Friday, September 9, Fadel Muhammad stated that his party was taking legal action against the Chairman of the DPD LaNyalla Mahmud Mattalitti, who had dismissed him as Deputy Chair of the MPR from elements of the DPD in a plenary meeting in mid-August 2022.

Fadel Muhammad's attorney, Amin Fahrudin, asked the MPR leadership to stop the process of replacing Fadel Muhammad until there is an inkrah legal decision or permanent legal force.