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View all search resultsThe Constitutional Court’s ruling that scrapped the criminal penalties for spreading hoaxes is applauded by experts and activists as a good foundation for freedom of speech, although much work remains to uphold civil liberties in the country.
The legal team of the other losing candidate, Anies Baswedan, also filed a case, calling on Thursday for the court to order an election re-run that excludes Gibran, alleging his last-minute inclusion unfairly swayed the vote.
The president's son Gibran Rakabuming Raka was running with the winning ticket of Prabowo Subianto and the team of Anies maintains he was unfairly allowed to join the race due to the court's last-minute change of eligibility rules.
Claiming to have found evidence that last month’s election was rigged, the rival camps of presumptive president-elect Prabowo Subianto are completing preparations to challenge the results at the Constitutional Court, which will open for disputes next week.
The Constitutional Court is set to send a team of lawyers to present its defense on Wednesday against a challenge by its disgraced former chief justice at an administrative court, although a constitutional law expert says that the administrative judiciary has no authority over the matter.
The Constitutional Court has committed to restoring its credibility after a series of scandals shattered public trust in the institution last year and amid the possibility that it will be called upon to adjudicate election disputes this year.
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