2024-04-20 17:18:38
Wednesday, April 17 2024 – 21:31 WIB
Megawati Soekarnoputri when giving a speech at the Ganjar-Mahfud grand campaign at GBK, Jakarta. Doc: source for jpnn.
jpnn.comJAKARTA – A week before the Constitutional Court (MK) decision regarding the dispute over the results of the 2024 presidential election, many parties submitted applications to join as amicus curiae.
One of those who offered to act as amicus curiae was the fifth President of the Republic of Indonesia and General Chair of PDIP Megawati Soekarnoputri.
Professor, Constitutional Law Expert, Faculty of Law (FH) Indonesian Islamic University (UII) Jogjakarta Prof. Ni’matul Huda said that third parties cannot interfere in the affairs of the MK Panel of Judges when making decisions.
“Normatively, Constitutional Court judges cannot actually be intervened by anything outside themselves,” said Ni’matul in his statement, Wednesday (17/4).
Ni’matul admitted that there were differences of opinion regarding the amicus curiae proposed by the PDIP general chairman.
This is because the political party he leads is part of Ganjar-Mahfud, the applicant party currently in the 2024 presidential election dispute, and supports presidential and vice presidential candidate number three.
As is known, in legal practice, an amicus curiae is filed by an outside party in the case to participate in the judicial process.
“Indeed, in that article she (Megawati) said she was an Indonesian citizen, but the applicant in the presidential election dispute was one of the 03 pushed by the PDIP and she is its chairman,” he said.
Prof. Ni’matul Huda comments on Megawati Soekarnoputri’s amicus curiae regarding the 2024 presidential election dispute. This is his opinion.
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