PDIP: Try Postponing Elections Faced With The People

PDI-P Secretary General Hasto Kristiyanto

JAKARTA - PDI Perjuangan (PDIP) firmly rejects the postponement of the general election (election). This democratic party must be held every five years according to the laws and regulations.

This was conveyed by the Secretary General of PDIP Hasto Kristiyanto in response to the lawsuit by the People's Fair and Prosperous Party (Prima) which was granted by the Central Jakarta District Court (PN). He stated that the election must continue on February 14, 2024.

"We are fighting for the five-year democratic mechanism to be implemented on time, namely February 14, 2024," said Hasto in Jakarta, Saturday, March 4.

Hasto said PDIP General Chair Megawati Soekarnoputri always mentioned that good state life must obey the 1945 constitution and the 1945 Constitution (UUD). So, they will not be silent with efforts to postpone the election.

It is also believed that the people will move against those who want the democratic party to be postponed. "Any party who tries to do various ways, including using legal instruments to postpone the election will face the power of the people," he said.

Furthermore, Hasto suspects that there are those who are trying to reform the democratic and legal systems in the country. One of them, by bombing the 2024 General Election through the Central Jakarta District Court's decision.

"There is a great power that tries to use legal loopholes, to carry out a move that is basically uncontitusional to postpone elections," he said.

Thus, he asked for this suspicion to be investigated because of a political party dispute based on Law number 7 of 2017 concerning elections, saying that it could only be decided by Bawaslu and the State Administrative Court (PTUN).

"Therefore, facing various maneuvers with forces that we must investigate, from which force tries to use legal force as a tool that will overhaul the entire democratic order mandated by the constitution that elections must be held every five years. We must face everything," explained Hasto.

It is known that the postponement of the election was a decision that won a civil lawsuit filed by the People's Fair and Prosperous Party (Prima). Initially, the Prima Party sued the KPU to the Central Jakarta District Court because it felt aggrieved by the election organizers.

The reason is that they are deemed ineligible in undergoing registration and verification of political parties candidates participating in the 2024 General Election so that they cannot verify.

As a result, Prima said that the KPU was not careful in conducting administrative verification and said that the Political Party Information System (Sipol) was problematic.

Furthermore, Prima sued the KPU civil system to the Central Jakarta District Court last December 8. The Central Jakarta District Court's decision came out with case number 757/Pdt.G/2022/PN Jkt.Pst on Thursday, March 2.

The following is the sound of the Central Jakarta District Court's decision:

1. Accept the plaintiff's lawsuit in its entirety;2. State that the Plaintiff is a political party that was harmed in administrative verification by the defendant; 3. State that the defendant has committed an act against the law; 4. Punishing the defendant to pay material compensation of Rp500,000,000 to the Plaintiff;5. Punishing the defendant not to carry out the remaining 2024 General Election stages since this decision was pronounced and carrying out the general election stage from the beginning for approximately 2 years 4 months 7 days; 6. State that the decision of this case can be carried out immediately (uitvoerbaar bij voorraad); 7. Setting the court fee charged to the defendant in the amount of Rp. 410,000.