Denny Indrayana's Political Career In Distributing Controversial Information Regarding The 2024 Election System

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YOGYAKARTA In this article, the political career of Denny Indrayana, the former Deputy Minister of Law and Human Rights (Wamenkumham) of the era of the 6th President of the Republic of Indonesia Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) who conveyed a controversial message about the latest political dynamics ahead of the 2024 General Election.

Denny on Sunday, May 28, 2023 admitted that he received information regarding the decision of the Constitutional Court (MK) regarding the legislative election system which will return to a closed proportional system aka party voting.

"I received important information. The Constitutional Court will decide on the legislative election to return to a closed proportional system, again choose a party image mark," Denny wrote via a tweet on his Twitter account @dennyindranaya, quoted by VOI, Tuesday, May 30, 2023.

In his tweet, Denny said the source was credible. Although he did not answer clearly, the constitutional law expert ensured that the source was not a constitutional judge.

"Who is the source? The person I really trust is credibility, who is definitely not a Constitutional Judge," continued Denny.

Suddenly, Denny's tweet caused a stir throughout the archipelago. So, what is Denny Indrayana's political track record like? Check out the full information below.

Denny Indrawanya started his career as a lecturer at the University of Gajah Mada (UGM) Yogyakarta. When he received a doctoral education at the University of Melbourne, Australia, his analysts were wara-wiri decorating the mass media, especially about corruption.

Upon his return to Indonesia, Denny was involved in establishing the UGM Anti-Corruption Study Center (Pukat). Denny also briefly became an assistant lawyer at Jeremias Lemek Law Firm Yogyakarta in 1994.

Denny's name soared after President SBY appointed him as a special staff for the President at the age of 34.

Next, Denny received the mandate as Secretary of the Legal Mafia Eradication Task Force (PMH) and finally as Deputy Minister of Law and Human Rights.

While occupying the Deputy Minister's seat, Denny was once involved in a statement ''corruptor lawyers are corruptors'. As a result, the man who was born in Kotabaru, South Kalimantan, on December 11, 1972 was criticized by lawyers and he finally apologized.

Apart from having a classy position, Denny Indrayana's academic career has also skyrocketed. He won the title of Professor in the field of constitutional law at the age of 38.

After SBY's reign ended, Denny's career in government slowly faded. Denny was even caught in the Kemenkumham payment gateway corruption case.

In 2017, Denny left UGM because he was offered a visit lecturer at the University of Melbourne. In Australia, he patched the cost of living as a driver. In Australia, Denny rented a simple house outside the western city of Melbourne.

In 2018, Denny was in the spotlight again after becoming the attorney for the Meikarta project developer. The project developer is suspected of disbursing billions of money to bribe Bekasi Regent Neneng Hasanah Yasin and his subordinates to grant permission for the Meikarta project.

In the 2019 election, Denny was appointed as a presidential candidate number 02, Prabowo Subianto-Sandiaga Uno. Together with Bambang Widjojanto, Denny fought in the Constusi Court. Currently, Denny and BW are trying to convince the constitutional judge that the difference in votes for the 16.9 million votes achieved by the Jokowi-Ma'ruf pair is the result of fraud.

However, the Prabowo-Sandiaga lawsuit filed through his attorney was rejected by the Constitutional Court.

In 2020, Denny was promoted by the Gerindra Party and the Democratic Party in the South Kalimantan gubernatorial election. In the election, Denny, who was paired with Difriadi Darjad, lost to the incumbent pair Sahbirin Noor-Muhidin, who won 871,134 votes. Denny-Difri won 831,178 votes.

This is information about Denny Indrayana's political career, the former Deputy Minister of Law and Human Rights who was highlighted by the public because he claimed to have received information about the 2024 election system. To get other interesting news, keep reading VOI.ID.