Mahfud MD: Gibran's Status Sah After Anwar Usman Was Removed As Chief Justice Of The Constitutional Court

Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Mahfud MD when met after attending the National Coordination Meeting for Election Organizers in 2023 in Jakarta, Wednesday (8/11/2023). ANTARA/Narda Margaretha Sinambela

Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Mahfud MD said the ethics decision of the Honorary Council of the Constitutional Court (MKMK) against Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court Anwar Usman did not invalidate the Constitutional Court's decision regarding the age limit for presidential and vice presidential candidates which made Gibran Rakabuming Raka as Prabowo Subianto's vice presidential candidate in the 2024 presidential election. "What is clear is that Mas Gibran's participation as a pair of vice presidential candidates is legally legal, it has been completed," said Mahfud after attending the 2023 Election Organizers National Coordination Meeting in Jakarta, as reported by Antara, Wednesday, November 8. Currently, various problems in the Constitutional Court that have not been resolved must be resolved. This is because the Constitutional Court's decision is a direct decision that has received permanent legal force since it was pronounced. The Constitutional Court's decision is binding and does not only apply to the parties, but also to all Indonesian people. "Now we are resolving the Constitutional Court issue, because the Constitutional Court's decision is binding," he said. For this reason, he said the 2024 presidential election must run in accordance with the existing presidential and vice presidential candidates. The candidate pairs who have registered with the KPU are Anies Baswedan-Muhaimin Iskandar, Ganjar Pranowo-Mahfud Md. and Prabowo Subianto-Gibran Rakabuming Raka. According to Mahfud, democracy must have ripples, but it does not divide various parties. The Constitutional Court stated that Anwar Usman was proven to have committed serious violations of the code of ethics and behavior of constitutional judges, namely violating the Principles of Disadvantage, Integrity Principles, Feasibility and Equality Principles, Independence Principles, and the Principles of Eligibility and Politeness in Sapta Karsa Hutama. "Imposing sanctions for dismissal from the position of Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court to the reported judge," said Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court Jimly Asshiddiqie when reading the verdict at the Constitutional Court Building, Jakarta, Tuesday (7/11). Thus, Anwar no longer serves as Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court. The Constitutional Court also ordered the Deputy Chairperson of the Constitutional Court to lead the election for the new Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court, starting 2x24 hours after the verdict was read. Not only that, Anwar has no right to run or be nominated as the leader of the Constitutional Court until his term as a constitutional judge ends. He is also not allowed to be involved or involved in examining cases of Dispute over the upcoming General Election Results.

"The reported judge is not allowed to be involved or involve himself in the examination and decision-making case in the dispute over the results of the Presidential and Vice Presidential Elections, the Election of Members of the DPR, DPD, and DPRD as well as the election for the Governor, Regent, and Mayor Elections which have the potential for a conflict of interest," said Jimly.