MK Accepts 44 Cases Of Dispute In The 2024 Legislative Election, KPU Immediately Gathers KPU In Regions To Give Technical Directions

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The General Election Commission (KPU) of the Republic of Indonesia is ready to follow up on the decision of the Constitutional Court (MK) which granted 44 lawsuits out of 297 cases of Election Result Dispute (PHPU) for the 2024 Legislative Election.

RI KPU member Idham Holik explained that the Constitutional Court's decision regarding the 2024 Legislative Election was final and binding since it was pronounced.

"Of course, the KPU will carry out what is the decision of the Constitutional Court on the DPD PHPU for the West Sumatra electoral district and in the near future the KPU will collect regional KPUs which will be the locus of the 2024 Legislative PHPU decision to provide technical directions so that the Constitutional Court's decision can be carried out as well as possible," said Idham when contacted, Tuesday, June 11, confiscated by Antara.

Meanwhile, he assessed that the implementation of the Constitutional Court's decision would not interfere with the preparations for the 2024 Simultaneous Regional Head Elections, because the KPU was used to working simultaneously.

"KPU and the regional KPU are familiar with the simultaneous or simultaneous stages, for example, when the acceptance of individual candidates for KPU in the regions also takes stages of recruiting ad hoc bodies and starting the updating stage of the voter list by synchronizing the last DP4 and DPT," he said.

Idham also said that there was no need to worry about this. The KPU and regional KPU are trying their best to provide electoral integrity to be realized properly.

Not only that, but he also highlighted that the number of cases granted by the Constitutional Court increased compared to the 2019 Legislative Election. According to him, this can happen because there is a different context between the 2019 and 2024 elections.

"For example, in the nomination for the 2024 Legislative Election, there are several decisions of the Constitutional Court that must be followed up by the KPU. For example, a former convict with a threat of 5 years, the KPU is consistent there," explained Idham.

"Actually, talking about the similarity of holding elections in terms of regulations is true. But there is a different context between the 2019 and 2024 elections. That's what makes the dynamics different," he continued.

For information, the Constitutional Court has finished deciding 106 PHPU cases for the 2024 Legislative Election. The trial for reading the verdict will be held from 6.7 and 10 June 2024.

The Constitutional Court granted 44 cases and rejected 58 PHPU cases for the 2024 Legislative Election. The total number of cases registered by the Constitutional Court was 297 cases.

Of the 44 cases, the Constitutional Court granted them with various decisions, such as re-voting (PSU), re-voting, recapitulation of votes, or determination of the results of the legislative elections based on the findings of the Constitutional Court.

Furthermore, there were three cases that were granted withdrawal and 1 case was unacceptable.

The number of 44 cases granted has tripled or around 14.81 percent compared to 2019. During the 2019 PHPU Pileg, the Constitutional Court only granted 12 of the 261 cases registered or 4.59 percent.