Public Hopes for MK’s Swift Ruling

KOMPAS/FERGANATA INDRA RIATMOKO

Residents look for their names on the final voter list in Senden village, Ngawen district, Klaten, Central Java, Monday (04/03/2019). Prospective voters were urged to make sure their names had been printed on the list long before voting took place on April 17. This is to maximize public participation in the upcoming election.

JAKARTA, KOMPAS – A judicial review on the Election Law is to be filed with the Constitutional Court (MK), in the hope of protecting people’s right to vote in the 2019 general election. A swift review at the court is urgently needed, considering that election day is less than two months away.

A judicial review on several articles of Law No. 7/2017 on elections is to be filed to the Constitutional Court (MK) this Tuesday (5/2/2019), in the hope of protecting people’s right to vote in the 2019 general election. Many hope that the MK can issue a ruling on the matter soon, to give ample time for the General Elections Commission (KPU) to prepare the relevant technical regulations and disseminate the ruling to election officials, participants and voters nationwide.