Foreign news agencies reported from Jakarta. Indonesia on April 12 that the High Court in Jakarta delivered a verdict on Tuesday. that the Central Jakarta Court On March 2, a decision was made for the Election Commission (KPU) to postpone the national election. This includes the presidential election. and the election of members of the House of Representatives From the current schedule, February 14, 2024, to “at the earliest in 2025” is “excessive use of judicial power”.
The judgment of the Central Jakarta Court last month This is in accordance with the petition of a political party named “Prima”, which was unable to register for the KPU to be certified as a political party in time, meaning it would not be able to submit a candidate for next year’s general election. While the results of the examination of all evidence appeared that “part of the defect” came from a problem with the software of the KPU. As a result, the system refused to accept Prima’s documents.
While the Indonesian government and the KPU have expressed similar views, they are “satisfied” with the High Court’s ruling. “The answer is clear” as to “what level of court actually has the authority” to arbitrate electoral disputes. The Prima Party has no official opinion yet. whether to continue to appeal or not which the Supreme Court will consider the petition
Central Jakarta Court’s decision Issues arising from criticism and intense debate in Indonesian society The legal experts look in the same direction. that the court should give weight to Instructing the KPU to fix the computer system within the organization Not suspending all processes And this would undermine Indonesia’s efforts to reform the democratic apparatus. After three decades of President Suharto’s rule until 1998
In addition, the court’s ruling also affected the term of Indonesia’s leadership. President Joko Widodo has returned to the spotlight, with Widodo, 61, Indonesia’s seventh president since October 2014, adamant he opposes constitutional amendments. to extend the term of office of the President for more than two consecutive terms, or for more than 10 years, although many leading politicians and many public sectors Support for Widodo “Staying in an ad-hoc way”
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