The General Election Results Dispute Session (PHPU) in the implementation of the 2024 Legislative Election (Pileg) went very smoothly. The conducive situation and smooth running of the trial certainly needs to be maintained as a reflection of democratic maturity.
It cannot be denied that the PHPU Legislative Election session ran very smoothly and conducively. So then many parties gave high appreciation to the Constitutional Court (MK) as the party holding the 2024 PHPU Pileg trial.
The Constitutional Court itself also has a very strong commitment to truly being able to uphold justice evenly, even without discrimination. Therefore, this firm attitude brought a lot of support and a very positive response from the community and various groups.
One of them, namely the Bappilu DPD of the DKI Jakarta Democratic Party, Firmansyah, admitted that as far as the 2024 PHPU Pileg trial took place at the Constitutional Court, everything went very extraordinary.
In order to uphold justice for all parties, even constitutional judges also carry out random checks on the evidence submitted by the applicant or respondent so that real justice can be achieved.
The judge’s random check effort also made it possible to compare power with the ownership of the matching data they held. The existence of this is very important to really be able to prove any evidence from the applicant and the evidence from the respondent.
The smoothness of the entire 2024 PHPU Pileg trial procession was also due to the very firm attitude of the Constitutional Court when there was an agenda that required the opening of sealed ballot boxes.
They continue to collaborate with various parties cross-sectorally, such as the security forces, the General Election Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) and also political parties (parpol). The involvement of various parties is clearly important because it will ensure greater transparency and disclosure of the truth regarding how real votes are obtained based on facts on the ground.
Moreover, because the ballot box resulting from the general election which is still sealed is a very important document and is related to the future fate of the nation.
Therefore, it has become an obligation to continue to involve various other elements such as Bawaslu, security forces and political parties in the process of running the PHPU legislative elections, especially in the agenda of opening sealed voting cities.
Not only because of the active involvement of various other parties who fully support the success of the 2024 PHPU Legislative Election Session, but the constitutional judges also have a very strong commitment to being able to uphold justice as fairly as possible.
The strong commitment of the constitutional judges is one of the factors that will ensure the smooth running of the 2024 PHPU Legislative Election trial. Constitutional Court Judge Arief Hidayat requires each witness, whether they are the respondent or the applicant, to take an oath first and confirm their commitment to the testimony they convey. in the trial in accordance with the existing facts.
Balance was also seen when the judge asked a number of equally sharp questions to the applicant and the respondent’s witnesses. How does this attitude realize that there is balance and that the Constitutional Court is not biased?
Other appreciation also came from academics, namely Lecturer in Constitutional Law at Surakarta Sebelas Maret State University (UNS), Agus Riewanto, who revealed that so far the Constitutional Court has decided on disputes over general election results (PHPU) or disputes in any case, be it from the presidential election until the current 2024 legislative election, it continues to comply with the principles of justice.
Apart from that, the position of the Constitutional Court is also very important in this nation, because the court is the place where conflict, disputes and disputes end in every democratic party in Indonesia.
Furthermore, the Constitutional Court also has an obligation and responsibility to truly be able to act as fairly as possible in processing all disputes regarding the General Election so that each party, namely the applicant or respondent, can obtain legal benefits fairly.
No half-hearted, high appreciation even came directly from the President of the Republic of Indonesia (RI) Joko Widodo (Jokowi) who revealed that so far the Constitutional Court has achieved a lot, especially in handling disputes over the results of general elections, be it legislative or presidential elections.
In resolving every dispute in political contestation, in Indonesia, the Constitutional Court also continues to process everything in a very transparent and open manner. The considerations they carried out were also very mature and fair so that the final result clearly gained high trust from the public.
The 2024 PHPU legislative election session went very smoothly. This cannot be separated from the role of the Constitutional Court and other parties. Therefore, appreciation continues to flow because once again this nation has proven that the principles of democracy are still very high and fair to all parties.
