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        "id": 1833825,
        "msgid": "dpr-responds-after-constitutional-court-affirms-direct-regional-elections-1782885222",
        "date": "2026-07-01 12:16:35",
        "title": "DPR Responds After Constitutional Court Affirms Direct Regional Elections",
        "author": "",
        "source": "CNN_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Politics",
        "summary": "The House of Representatives (DPR) has stated it respects the Constitutional Court's (MK) decision upholding the direct election of regional heads by the people. The DPR's Commission II indicated it will not immediately deliberate the Regional Elections Bill, prioritising the completion of the General Elections Bill first. The MK ruling rejected a judicial review that sought to challenge the direct election mechanism.",
        "content": "<p>Deputy Chairman of Commission II from the Gerindra Party faction,\nBahtra Banong, stated that his party respects the Constitutional Court\n(MK) ruling which affirmed that regional head elections (pilkada) will\ncontinue to be conducted directly by the people. \u201cWe wish to convey that\nwe honour and respect what has been decided by the Constitutional\nCourt,\u201d Bahtra said at the parliamentary complex in Jakarta on Wednesday\n(1\/7). Bahtra mentioned that Commission II has no immediate plans to\ndeliberate the Regional Elections Bill, as the focus remains on the\nGeneral Elections Bill. \u201cWe are currently focusing on the deliberation\nof the General Elections Bill. I think the discussion of the Regional\nElections Bill will follow after the General Elections Bill, because our\nfocus in the National Legislation Programme is, primarily, as the DPR\nleadership has tasked Commission II with completing the General\nElections Bill,\u201d he stated. The Constitutional Court had previously\naffirmed that regional head elections must remain a direct vote by the\npeople. The ruling was delivered by Chief Justice Suhartoyo during the\npronouncement of decision Number 195\/PUU-XXIV\/2026 at the Constitutional\nCourt in Jakarta on Monday (29\/6). The MK declared the petition for a\njudicial review of Article 1, point 1 of Law Number 8 of 2015 concerning\nthe Election of Governors, Regents, and Mayors (Regional Elections Law)\ninadmissible. \u201cThis is guided by the general principles of elections\nwhile continuing to recognise and respect special or autonomous regional\ngovernment units,\u201d Suhartoyo stated. In its considerations, the MK\nassessed that the petitioner in case 195\/PUU-XXIV\/2026 failed to\ndemonstrate any actual or potential harm to constitutional rights that\ncould occur within the bounds of reasonable reasoning. The Court noted\nit referred to the legal considerations in MK Decision Number\n072\/PUU-II\/2024 and 073\/PUU-II\/2004, MK Decision Number\n69\/PUU-XXII\/2024, and MK Decision Number 110\/PUU-XXII\/2025.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/dpr-responds-after-constitutional-court-affirms-direct-regional-elections-1782885222",
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