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        "id": 1877246,
        "msgid": "constitutional-court-rejects-student-challenge-to-election-law-1784805617",
        "date": "2026-07-23 16:31:00",
        "title": "Constitutional Court Rejects Student Challenge to Election Law",
        "author": "Indriyani Astuti",
        "source": "MEDIA_INDONESIA",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Legal",
        "summary": "Indonesia's Constitutional Court has dismissed a judicial review petition filed by a Muhammadiyah University of Yogyakarta student challenging the wording of the Election Law. The court ruled the petitioner lacked legal standing to question the provision limiting challenges to vote counting results. The student had argued the law's phrasing created legal uncertainty by not explicitly allowing challenges to the electoral process itself.",
        "content": "<p>The Constitutional Court (MK) has rejected a petition for judicial\nreview of Article 475 paragraph (2) of Law Number 7 of 2017 on General\nElections, ruling that the petitioner lacks legal standing. The\npetitioner was Muhammad Reihan Alfariziq, a student of the Faculty of\nLaw at the University of Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe petitioner in Case Number 219\/PUU-XXIV\/2026 does not have the\nlegal standing to file the petition,\u201d said Deputy Chief Justice Saldi\nIsra when reading out the legal considerations of the ruling at the\nConstitutional Court building in Jakarta on Thursday (23\/7).<\/p>\n<p>In its considerations, Saldi explained that the constitutional harm\nalleged by the petitioner did not meet the requirements. According to\nthe Court, the petitioner could not demonstrate any constitutional harm\nthat was specific, actual, or at the very least potential, arising from\nthe enforcement of the article concerning vote count results.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe petitioner\u2019s perceived loss of constitutional rights as a\nstudent and voter has no causal relationship with the enforcement of the\nstatutory norm being challenged,\u201d said Saldi Isra.<\/p>\n<p>The Court also affirmed that, in disputes over election results, it\nexamines not only the final vote count but also problems at the stages\nof election administration relating to the constitutionality of\nprocesses that could affect the outcome of the election.<\/p>\n<p>In the petition, the petitioner challenged the phrase \u201conly on the\nresults of vote counting\u201d in Article 475 paragraph (2) of the Election\nLaw. They argued that the phrase creates legal uncertainty because,\ntextually, it limits the Court\u2019s authority to disputes over vote count\nresults, whereas in practice the Court also examines procedural\nviolations that affect election outcomes.<\/p>\n<p>The petitioner asked the Court to declare the phrase contrary to the\n1945 Constitution and to interpret it as covering both the results of\nvote counting and the conduct of the electoral process that influences\nthe determination of elected or re-elected candidate pairs in the\nPresidential and Vice-Presidential Election. However, as the petitioner\nwas found to lack legal standing, the Court did not proceed to examine\nthe merits of the petition.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/constitutional-court-rejects-student-challenge-to-election-law-1784805617",
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