Bawaslu: Constitutional Court Decisions Must Be Followed, If There Is A Re-election

Chairman of the Election Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) RI Rahmat Bagja/ Photo: Antara

Chairman of the Election Supervisory Body (Bawaslu) RI Rahmat Bagja said that election organizers must follow the decision of the Constitutional Court (MK).

Therefore, Bagja said that his institution is ready to carry out the Constitutional Court's decision regarding the Dispute over the 2024 Presidential Election Results (PHPU).

"We have to be ready. His name is the election organizer, yes, when assigned a law order and a court order, the election organizers are obliged to follow the order," said Bagja at the Indonesian Bawaslu Building, Jakarta, Sunday.

Bagja then said that his institution was ready to supervise the re-voting (PSU) if the Constitutional Court decided to do so related to the results of the 2024 presidential election PHPU.

"The Election Supervisory Agency must be ready to carry out surveillance at all stages," said Bagja emphasizing.

The Constitutional Court will read out the decision on the PHPU case for the 2024 presidential election on Monday, April 22, 2024 at 09.00 WIB in the courtroom on the second floor of the Indonesian Constitutional Court Building, Jakarta.

Based on the schedule stated on the official website of the Constitutional Court, the constitutional judge will read out the verdict for the presidential election dispute filed by Anies Baswedan-Muhaimin Iskandar and Ganjar Pranowo-Mahfud Md simultaneously on the same day.

"Monday 22 April 2024, let stand WIB, Speech of the Decision," reads the trial schedule quoted from the official website of the Constitutional Court in Jakarta, Friday (19/4).

The lawsuit filed by Anies-Muhaimin is registered with Case Number 1/PHPU.PRES-XXII/2024, while the Ganjar-Mahfud lawsuit is registered with Case Number 2/PHPU.PRES-XXII/2024.

As for the petition, the Anies-Muhaimin and Ganjar-Mahfud pair basically asked the Constitutional Court to cancel the KPU Decree Number 360 of 2024 concerning the Determination of the Results of the 2024 Presidential and Vice Presidential General Elections.

They also asked the Constitutional Court to disqualify the Prabowo Subianto-Gibran Rakabuming Raka pair as participants in the 2024 presidential election. Then, asked the Constitutional Court to order the KPU to re-vote for the 2024 presidential election without including Prabowo-Gibran.

It is known that the trial for the examination of the 2024 presidential election dispute case has been held from March 27 to April 5. Then, the parties in the case submitted a hearing conclusion to the Constitutional Court on April 16.

Meanwhile, from April 16 to 21, the constitutional judge held a judge's deliberation meeting (RPH) to decide the case.