JAKARTA - Labor Party President Said Iqbal emphasized that all levels of the Labor Party fully support the decision of the Constitutional Court Number 135/PUU-XXII/2024 which separates national and regional elections.
"The Labor Party has the attitude of "we stand with the Constitutional Court", the Labor Party together with the Constitutional Court's decision Number 135/PUU-XXII/2024, that there must be a separation of national or central elections from regional elections," Said Iqbal said in Jakarta, Thursday, as reported by Antara.
Said said the decision of the Constitutional Court was binding and final in nature so that no one should resist or not carry out the decision.
He also invited all parties to build a healthy democracy and redesign the election with this decision as one of the foundations.
"The 2029 election design that is expected by the Labor Party is to follow the decision of the Constitutional Court, no longer wants political parties in the DPR RI or the government," he said.
Said understands that the Constitutional Court's decision cannot satisfy all parties, but he still asks all parties to comply with the decision.
"Some are fun, some are unpleasant, but the decision of the Constitutional Court is final and binding, and therefore the Labor Party termed the hashtag (tag) We Stand with the Constitutional Court," he said.
He also said that he had no problem with the discourse on extending the term of office or appointing officials to fill the vacancy of local governments during the national and regional election breaks
"There is a term in the law, there is an article in the 1945 Law, once every five years of elections, this is an exception due to a decision by the Constitutional Court. So, we support the extension of two years for members of the DPR and if there is a regional head, there will be an Acting later," he said.
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Previously, the Constitutional Court through Decision Number 135 / PUU-XXII / 2024 decided on a constitutional general election, namely regional elections to be held since two or two and a half years after the national election was completed.
Regional elections include the election of members of the provincial, district and city DPRD as well as heads and deputy regional heads, while the national elections consist of the election for members of the DPR RI, DPD RI, as well as the president and vice president.
The point for the completion of the national election, according to the Constitutional Court, is when members of the DPR, DPD, and the elected president/vice president are sworn in.
In its decision, the Constitutional Court also ordered legislators to carry out constitutional engineering to regulate the formulation of the transition period for the head/deputy head/deputy regional head and DPRD members as a result of the 2024 election because considering that the decision was directly applicable to the 2029 election.
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