Prabowo-Gibran Kubu Responds To Amicus Curiae Megawati: He's A Case

Prabowo-Gibran's legal team in the 2024 presidential election dispute trial. (Rizky A-VOI)

JAKARTA - The Prabowo-Gibran camp assessed that Megawati Soekarnoputri's move to apply as an amicus for theft was a mistake. This is because the 5th President of the Republic of Indonesia and the PDIP General Chair are part of the litigants.

"Amicus stealing is a request submitted by the party as a friend of the court and a friend of the court, it should not be a party in the case, it must be observed," said a member of the Prabowo-Gibran Defenders team, Otto Hasibuan at the Constitutional Court Building, Jakarta, Tuesday, April 16.

"So, there are people who are independent, they are not part of that case. They are not tied to A and Si B," he continued.

According to him, Megawati is a litigant because she is the General Chair of the PDI-P as well as the bearer of Ganjar Pranowo-Mahfud MD in the 2024 Presidential Election (Pilpres) contestation.

Therefore, Otto assessed that Megawati's application for amicus theft was not the right step.

"So, if Mrs. Mega, she is a party in this case so that if that is the case, in my opinion, it is not appropriate as an amicus theft," he said.

In addition, it is believed that amicus theft must be submitted by non-partisan parties such as activists from campus who want to contribute to the court.

However, Otto returned the assessment of the amicus theft submitted by Megawati to the constitutional judge.

"Umpamanya dari kampus, tidak partisan, itu boleh menjadi amicus curiae. Itu harus kita paham dulu. Ini tergantah pada Mahkamah Konstitusi," kata Otto.

Megawati Sukarnoputri volunteered as an amicus stealee or a court friend in a case of dispute over the results of the 2024 presidential election (PHPU) at the Constitutional Court (MK).

Megawati's amicus stole document was handed over by PDIP Secretary General Hasto Kristiyanto and PDIP DPP Chair Djarot Saiful Hidayat to the Constitutional Court Building, Central Jakarta, Tuesday, April 16.

"All the considerations conveyed by Megawati's mother as an amicus stealee and then closed with handwriting," said Hasto when handing over.

After submitting the document, Hasto read out a little of Megawati's legal opinion as stated in the amicus theft, which reads;

"My beloved Indonesian people, let us pray that the hammer of the constitutional court is not a hammer, but a golden hammer. As said Kartini's mother in 1911: 'After the dark comes light' so that the dawn of democracy that we have fought for has always emerged again and will be remembered continuously by the generations of the Indonesian nation," said Hasto.

Not only that, Hasto also mentioned that there was an inscription by Megawati which used red ink in the sense of courage.

"And starting with the handwriting of Mrs. Megawati Soekarnoputri who used red letters reflecting her courage and responsibility as an Indonesian citizen," he said.

"That's why Mrs. Mega added handwriting as an expression of how the struggle of Raden Ajeng Kartini will also never be in vain because emancipation is part of democracy so that when we face the anxiety of democracy due to abuse of power by President Jokowi due to the interests of nepotism for children," he concluded.