Central Jakarta District Court Grants Postponement Of The 2024 General Election, Observer: The Judge Is Very Happy

Illustration of postponement of the 2024 General Election. (Photo via ANTARA-M Personal Arif)

JAKARTA - The Central Jakarta District Court (PN) has granted the claim of the People's Fair and Prosperous Party (Prima) regarding the postponement of the 2024 general election (Pemilu). This decision then reaped polemics.

There are pros and cons. However, there are more who hope that the 2024 General Election will still be held according to the existing schedule.

A political observer and founder of the Kedai Kopi survey institute, Hendri Satrio, stated that he considered this decision too bold. He said that the Central Jakarta District Court (PN) judge who decided to postpone the 2024 General Election had put the Government as accused.

"If you look at the judges, the judges are very brave because they finally put them in place, they dare to place the government as accused of the Central Jakarta District Court's decision," said Hendri Satrio in a discussion on "The Steep Road for the 2024 General Election" in Jakarta, as quoted from Antara, Saturday, March 4.

However, Hendri appreciated the attitude of the Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs (Menkopolhukam) Mahfud MD who immediately responded to the decision of the Central Jakarta District Court.

"If many praise Prof. Mahfud, I also praise the Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs; because then immediately reacted and gave a statement stating that this was not right, not true," he added.

The postponement of the 2024 General Election, according to Hendri, is an act that is not in accordance with the law (UU). "Against the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia, against a state regulation that actually has to be agreed upon," he said.

In addition, Constitutional Law Expert Feri Amsari stated that the decision of the Central Jakarta District Court which asked for the 2024 General Election to be postponed was a strange and surprising decision.

"Of course this decision is surprising because actually many rules have been violated, one of which is that the Central Jakarta District Court violates the most important thing is Article 10, Article 11 of Supreme Court Regulation Number 2 of 2019," said Feri.

The most powerful decision is that the decision of the panel of judges also violates the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia which has stated that elections are held every five years.