The Number Of Witnesses And Experts In The Election Lawsuit Session At The Constitutional Court Increased To 19 People

Spokesperson for the Constitutional Court (MK) Fajar Laksono/ANTARA

Spokesperson for the Constitutional Court (MK) Fajar Laksono said the Constitutional Court increased the number of witnesses and experts in the trial of examination of witnesses and experts in the case of Dispute in General Election Results (PHPU).

"Initially the Constitutional Court agreement was 15 witnesses and two experts, but earlier there was a new agreement, now it is 19 including witnesses and experts," Fajar said as quoted by ANTARA, Tuesday, March 26.

He said, in the new number, the composition of the number of witnesses and experts was handed over to each party.

"The important thing is the number is 19 and it can't be more. It can be 9 experts and 10 witnesses. The witnesses are 5 and the experts are 14," he explained.

The new number, he continued, will be submitted to the relevant parties in the PHPU case.

This new scheme is a change made by the Constitutional Court after receiving several requests related to the increase in the number of witnesses.

"At the registration stage, we conveyed that the witness was 15, but after that there was a request by sending a letter to the Constitutional Court to convey the desire to increase the number. Then, it was agreed that the number 19 would be agreed," he said.

The decision was agreed upon at the Hakim Consultative Meeting (RPH), so that there would no longer be any changes.

Currently, the Constitutional Court is handling the trial of the PHPU case for the 2024 Presidential Election. Based on the schedule distributed on the official website of the Constitutional Court, tomorrow Wednesday (27/3) a preliminary hearing of the PHPU for the 2024 presidential election will be held which is divided into two sessions.

Case one, namely the application submitted by candidate pair number one Anies Baswedan and Muhaimin Iskandar with register number 1/PHPU.PRES-XXII/2024, will be held at 08.00 WIB-completed.

Meanwhile, case two, namely the application submitted by candidate pair number three Ganjar Pranowo and Mahfud Md with register number 2/PHPU.PRES-XXII/2024, will be held at 13.00 WIB-completed.

Then is the stage of the trial examination as well as the submission of the respondent's answer, information from related parties, and a statement was held on Thursday (28/3).

Next is the trial examination stage held on April 1-18, 2024 and the stage of the pronouncement of the verdict or stipulation will be held on April 22, 2023.