Against Central Jakarta District Court Decision on Postponed 2024 Election, KPU Arranges Appeal Files

Illustration of the central KPU building in Jakarta. (Between)

JAKARTA - The General Election Commission (KPU) is preparing an appeal file after receiving a copy of the decision of the Central Jakarta District Court (PN) ordering the KPU to stop the implementation of the 2024 election stages and start over from the beginning.

"(Documents for filing an appeal) are being prepared", said KPU member Mochammad Afifuddin to journalists in Jakarta, Monday, March 6, reported by Antara.

Even so, Afif did not provide further details regarding when the appeal would be made by the KPU.

He emphasized that this matter would be conveyed to the public when all the preparations for filing an appeal were complete. "After everything is cooked, it will be delivered later", he added.

Previously, in a trial at the Central Jakarta District Court, Jakarta, Thursday, March 2, the panel of judges granted the Prima Party's lawsuit against the KPU not to carry out the remaining stages of the 2024 election and carry out the election stages from the beginning for approximately 2 years 4 months 7 days.

"Punished the defendant (KPU) not to carry out the remaining stages of the 2024 General Election since this decision was pronounced and carry out the general election stages from the beginning for approximately 2 years 4 months 7 days", said the panel of judges chaired by Oyong, quoted from decision Number 757/ Pdt.G/2022/PN Jkt.Pst.

In their considerations, the panel of judges ordered the KPU not to continue with the remaining stages of the 2024 Election to restore and create a just situation and protect it so that as early as possible other incidents do not occur due to errors, inaccuracies, inaccuracies, unprofessionalism and injustice committed by the KPU as the defendant.

In addition, the panel of judges also stated that legal facts had proven that there was an error condition in the Political Party Information System (Sipol) caused by the quality of the tools used or factors outside the infrastructure.

This happened when the Prima Party experienced difficulties in conveying the corrected data on political party participants to Sipol which experienced an error in the system. Without tolerance for what happened, the KPU determined the status of the Prima Party did not meet the requirements (TMS) as a political party participating in the 2024 Election.

After learning about the decision, Indonesia General Election Commission chairman Hasyim Asy'ari stated that his party would appeal.

"KPU will seek legal appeals", said Indonesia General Election Commission chairman Hasyim Asy'ari to journalists, in Jakarta, Thursday, March 2.