The Constitutional Court Panel Of Judges Starts A Deliberation Meeting Regarding The 2024 Legislative Election Dispute Case

The inaugural trial of the PHPU case or the 2024 Legislative Election dispute at the Constitutional Court Building, Jakarta, Monday, April 29, 2024. (ANTARA PHOTO-Rivan Awal Lingga)

JAKARTA - Constitutional Court (MK) Judge Enny Nurbaningsih said judges at the Constitutional Court began holding a panel of judges (RPH) regarding the dispute over the results of the general election (PHPU) aka the 2024 Legislative Election dispute on Wednesday, May 15.

"The RPH discusses the reports of each panel on yesterday's trial agenda which is to decide on the case with further evidence and which will be dissalized," said Enny when contacted in Jakarta, Wednesday, May 15, was confiscated by Antara.

He said that the contents of the RPH discussion were all cases contained in the three PHPU Pileg case panel sessions. The results will be a decision scheduled to be announced on May 21 and 22, 2024.

Previously, on Tuesday, May 14, Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court Suhartoyo said that the judges carried out an RPH to determine whether or not a PHPU case for the 2024 Legislative Election would proceed to the evidentiary trial.

"If so, later there will also be a call for proof hearing. Therefore, to prepare each case, five witnesses and one expert if they are to file," he said.

He said the evidentiary trial would be held from 27 May to 4 June 2024.

The schedule for handling PHPU for the 2024 Legislative Election has been listed in PMK Number 1 of 2024 concerning stages, activities, and schedules for handling cases of dispute over the results of general elections for members of the DPR, DPD, DPRD, as well as general elections for the president and vice president.

The RPH for discussion and decision making to determine cases that can be continued or not to the next stage will be held on May 15-20, 2024.

Then, the pronunciation of the dissal decision will be held on May 21-22, 2024. For cases that are allowed to file witnesses and experts, they will undergo a follow-up examination trial or trial of evidence.

Then, the judges will return to undergo an RPH to discuss additional evidence from the trial and make a decision. The results of the RPH will be announced in the trial for the pronouncement of the verdict or court stipulation which is scheduled to be held on June 7-10, 2024.