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Jakarta High Court to rule on appeal against order to delay elections
Proceedings were underway on Tuesday at the court ahead of the ruling on the KPU, which could either ease or deepen uncertainty over whether the elections can go ahead as scheduled in February 2024.
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President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo (left) and General Election Commission (KPU) chairman Hasyim Asy'ari (right) watch as an employee puts up a sticker about updated voter data on the Merdeka Palace door in Jakarta on March 14, 2023. (Antara/Hafidz Mubarak A)
The Jakarta High Court was due on Tuesday to decide an appeal by the General Election Commission (KPU) against a controversial lower court order to delay 2024 presidential and general elections by two years.
Proceedings were underway on Tuesday at the court ahead of the ruling on the KPU, which could either ease or deepen uncertainty over whether the elections can go ahead as scheduled in February 2024.
The March 2 ruling by the Central Jakarta district court stunned politicians, after it ordered all election activities be stopped because of a complaint by an obscure party whose application to run was denied.
Many legal experts have said court overstepped its jurisdiction and the KPU has said it would forge ahead with preparations, despite the order.
The delaying of the polls has also stirred and older debate on whether President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo should be allowed to stay in power longer than the maximum two, five-year terms permitted by the constitution, as some of his allies have advocated for.
Jokowi is in the final year of his second term and has said he is against extending terms and supports the election commission's appeal.
Another political party last week filed a similar lawsuit at the same district court against the KPU over its election procedures and is also seeking a delay in the vote, according to the court's website.
