The Palace Calls The Minister No Need For Jokowi's Permission To Respond To The Call Of The Constitutional Court

Special Staff to the President of the Republic of Indonesia for Legal Affairs Dini Purwono (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - Special Staff to the President of the Republic of Indonesia for Law, Dini Purwono, said that ministers who were summoned for questioning by the Constitutional Court (MK) in the 2024 presidential election dispute trial did not need to ask for permission from President Joko Widodo (Jokowi).

"There is no need (to ask permission) because the Constitutional Court can indeed call anyone who is deemed necessary to hear his statement," said Dini via text message quoted by ANTARA Tuesday, April 2.

According to Dini, the government respects the summons of the Constitutional Court to a number of ministers whose statements are needed in the follow-up session of the 2024 Presidential Election Result Dispute (PHPU).

"The government hopes that with the presence of a number of ministers, the Constitutional Court can obtain a more complete understanding regarding the background and implementation of policies taken by the government," he said.

He also emphasized that the government is not a party to this case, and the Palace will not intervene in the ongoing legal process by giving special directions regarding what the ministers should convey in the trial.

"In this case, the summoned are ministers who are seen as important for the Constitutional Court to hear their statements. So please the relevant ministers later provide information as needed by the Constitutional Court," said Dini.

The Constitutional Court has scheduled the summons of four ministers of the Advanced Indonesia Cabinet, namely Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture Muhadjir Effendy, Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto, Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani, and Minister of Social Affairs Tri Rismaharini to be presented at the PHPU 2024 presidential election follow-up session on Friday (5/4).

In addition to the four ministers, the Constitutional Court also scheduled summons for the Honorary Council of Election Organizers.

According to the Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court Suhartoyo, the summons of the five parties categorized as important to hear his statement by the Constitutional Court is not a form of accommodation for applications from the Anies Baswedan-Muhaimin Iskandar and Ganjar Pranowo-Mahfud Md camps.

"Because according to the universal discussion, the judiciary held an interparticial trial, then the nuance became partiality when accommodating the evidence requested by one party," said Suhartoyo.

He explained that the Anies-Muhaimin and Ganjar-Mahfud camp application was actually rejected by the Constitutional Court, but the constitutional judge took his own stance to summon the ministers and the Honorary Council of the Election Organizers considering the position they held.

"The judges of choosing these parties are seen as important to hear at the trial which will hopefully be heard on Friday, April 5, 2024," said Suhartoyo.

It is known, there were two cases of PHPU for the 2024 presidential election that were submitted. Case one, namely the application submitted by candidate pair number one Anies Baswedan and Muhaimin Iskandar with register number 1 / PPPU.PRES-XXII / 2024.

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.