It's Not About Kalang Winning, Ganjar-Mahfud Open-Not The Reason To Sue The Results Of The 2024 Presidential Election

Candidate candidate number 3 Ganjar-Mahfud with the legal team after undergoing the first PHPU trial at the Constitutional Court Building, Jakarta, Wednesday 27 March. (Rizky A-VOI)

JAKARTA - The Ganjar-Mahfud Legal Team revealed the reasons for filing a lawsuit on the Dispute of General Election Results (PHPU) to the Constitutional Court (MK). It's not about winning or losing but to save Indonesian democracy.

"Mr. Mahfud and Pak Ganjar stated that this is not a matter of winning, this is a matter of democracy, how we save democracy, how do we save the republic," said the head of the Ganjar-Mahfud Legal Team, Todung Mulya Lubis to reporters, Wednesday, March 27.

It is undeniable that many people question this matter. This is because the difference in the vote between the pair of presidential and vice presidential candidates Prabowo-Gibran and Ganjar-Mahfud is very far away.

However, Todung stated that the alleged fraud in the presidential election contestation process (Pilpres) had tarnished the democratic process.

"Even one vote must be respected, the sovereignty of the people is the key to all election processes and presidential elections," he said.

"We must not interpret the voices that have been sacrificed a lot, the voices that cannot be counted or there are also many inflated voices that must be resolved," continued Todung.

Moreover, the Constitutional Court is one of the frontlines to save the country's constitution which has begun to be damaged on the basis of one of the parties' personal interests.

"The Constitutional Court is the guardian of the constitution that must secure the constitution as well as the democracy of the rule of law, our future depends on wisdom and wisdom and the attitude of integrity of the constitutional court," said Todung.