New Path to Postpone the Election
Summary
The Central Jakarta District Court issued the General Election (Pemilu) implementation ruling, set initially on Feb 14, 2024.
The court postponed the election of presidential and vice-presidential, the House of Representatives (DPR), the Regional Representative Council (DPD), and the Provincial People's Representative Council (DPRD) in response to a complaint filed by the Adil Makmur People's Party (Prima).
On Thursday, the ruling was drafted by a panel led by Judge T. Oyong, who Bakri and Doweeks Silaban accompanied as Member Judges. The excerpt from the Central Jakarta District Court's ruling is as follows:
- The judge stated that the plaintiff was a political party that suffered losses in the administrative verification by the General Elections Commission (KPU).
- KPU has committed an unlawful act.
- Sentencing KPU to pay material compensation of Rp 500 million to the two plaintiffs, namely the members of the Prima Party.
- Punish the KPU not to carry out the remaining stages of the 2024 General Elections since this decision was announced (on Mar 2, 2023) and to carry out the General Election stages from the beginning for approximately two years, four months, and seven days (estimated to Jul 9, 2025).
- The decision of this case can be carried out immediately (uitvoerbaar bij voorraad).