What is the Constitutional Court’s decision regarding the 2024 presidential election dispute? This is Denny Indrayana’s prediction

JAKARTA – The Constitutional Court (MK) is scheduled to hold a hearing to read the decision on the dispute over the results of the 2024 presidential election on Monday, April 22. Constitutional Law expert Denny Indrayana admitted that he received many questions regarding his predictions regarding the Constitutional Court’s decision in the future.

“What are the predictions of the Constitutional Court’s decision regarding the 2024 presidential election? “That’s a question I keep receiving from many people, offline or online, in Indonesia or in Australia,” said Denny in his written statement, Monday (15/4/2024).

The former Deputy Minister of Law and Human Rights (Wamenkumham) explained that there are three types of Constitutional Court decisions in the 2024 Presidential Election dispute based on Article 77 of the Constitutional Court Law in conjunction with Constitutional Court Regulation Number 4 of 2023. First, the petition cannot be accepted (Niet Ontvankelijke Verklaard).

Second, the request is granted. Third, the application is rejected. “I believe that the Court will not decide that the petition cannot be accepted, because the petition of candidate pairs 01 and 03 clearly fulfills the formal requirements for deciding on the subject of the petition,” he said.

Denny said, before further predicting the Constitutional Court’s decision, it is necessary to remember the request (petitum) in the application for candidate pairs number 1 and 3. In essence, the petitum for candidate pair Anies Baswedan-Muhaimin Iskandar (AMIN) is to disqualify Prabowo Subianto-Gibran Rakabuming Raka).

Then the re-voting (PSU) for the presidential election was only between candidate pairs AMIN and Ganjar Pranowo-Mahfud MD; or just disqualifying Gibran’s vice presidential candidate Rakabuming Raka, then PSU in the presidential election by including Prabowo Subianto as Gibran’s replacement vice presidential candidate.

Meanwhile, the Ganjar-Mahfud petitum essentially asked for the disqualification of Prabowo-Gibran, then a re-vote (PSU) for the presidential election only between candidate pairs number 1 and 3. After seeing the proceedings, the evidence presented included statements from witnesses, experts and The minister, also paying attention to the composition and track record of the eight constitutional judges who heard the trial, Denny suspects that the Court’s decision will be between the following four options: