JAKARTA - Former Presidn Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono responded to Denny Indrayana's tweet about the leak of the election system decision by the Constitutional Court (MK). SBY said changing the electoral system to a closed proportional basis would cause political chaos.
"If what Prof. Denny Indrayana said is'reliable', that the Constitutional Court will establish a closed proportional system, and not an open proportional system as it is currently in effect, then this will become a big issue in the world of politics in Indonesia," said SBY via his Twitter account. SBYudhoyono quoted Monday, May 29.
In this tweet marked by *SBY*, Yudhoyono conveyed 3 things related to the electoral system that will be decided by the Constitutional Court.
"The first question to the Constitutional Court is whether there is an emergency and emergency so that the electoral system is replaced when the election process has started? Remember, DCS (Temporary Candidate List) has just been handed over to the KPU. Changing the electoral system in the middle of the road can lead to political 'chaos'," he said.
Second, SBY questioned the Constitutional Court about whether or not the electoral system was open to the constitution. According to the constitution, the Constitutional Court's domain and authority are called SBY to judge whether or not the law is against the constitution, not which law is the most appropriate..
"If the Constitutional Court does not have strong arguments that the open electoral system is against the constitution so that it is replaced into closed doors, the majority of the people will find it difficult to accept it. Remember, all state institutions of the President, DPR & MK must be equally accountable in front of the people," said the Head of Democrats.
Third, the stipulation of the electoral system law emphasized that SBY is in the hands of the president and the DPR, not in the hands of the Constitutional Court.
"The President & DPR should have a voice about this. The majority of political parties have expressed their refusal to change the open system to be closed. This must be heard," he said.
"I am sure, in compiling DCS, political parties & legislative candidates assume that the electoral system is not changed, the system remains open. If the Constitutional Court changes it in the middle of the road, it becomes a serious problem. KPU & Political Parties must be ready to manage this crisis. Hopefully, it will not interfere with the implementation of the 2024 election. Pity the people," said SBY.
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Spokesman for the Constitutional Court (MK) Fajar Laksono denied the alleged leak of information on the verdict of case Number: 114/PUU-XX/2022 related to a lawsuit against an open proportional system in the Election Law.
"Just discussed it yet," said Fajar, quoted by ANTARA, Monday, May 29.
Fajar explained that based on the trial on Tuesday (23/5), the parties would submit a conclusion to the constitutional panel of judges no later than May 31, 2023 at 11.00 WIB.
After that, said Fajar, the panel of judges will discuss and make decisions on the case.
"If the decision is ready, then the trial will be scheduled for the pronouncement of the verdict," he said.
Fajar emphasized that until now, the decision on case Number: 114/PUU-XX/2022 has not yet entered the discussion stage. This affirmation at the same time denied any leak of decision information related to the electoral system in Indonesia.
Previously, the former Deputy Minister of Law and Human Rights (Wamenkumham) of the Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono era, Denny Indrayana claimed to have received information about the decision of the Constitutional Court (MK) regarding the legislative election system which will return to a closed proportional system or party voting.
"This morning I received important information. The Constitutional Court will decide on the legislative election to return to a closed proportional system, again choosing the party's image mark only," Denny said via a tweet on his Twitter account @dennyindranaya.
In his tweet, Denny also mentioned the source in the Constitutional Court. Although he did not answer clearly, Denny confirmed that the source was not a constitutional judge.
"Who is the source? The person I really trust is credibility, who is definitely not a Constitutional Judge," he said.
Meanwhile, the Constitutional Court (MK) has received a request for a judicial review of Article 168 paragraph (2) of the Election Law related to an open proportional system registered with case registration number 114/PUU-XX/2022 on November 14, 2022.
The six applicants are Demas Brian Wicaksono (Permohon I), Yuwono Pintadi (Pemohon II), Fahrurrozi (Pemohon III), Ibnu Rachman Jaya (Permohon IV), Riyanto (Pemohon V), and Nono Marijono (Pemohon VI).
Eight of the nine political party factions in the DPR RI also stated that they rejected the closed proportional electoral system, namely the Golkar, Gerindra, Democrat, NasDem, PAN, PKB, PPP, and PKS factions. Only one faction wants a closed proportional election system, namely the PDI-P.
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