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        "id": 2027288,
        "msgid": "mpr-deputy-speaker-bambang-pacul-on-mk-ruling-over-gibran-lets-take-it-easy-for-now-1791456832",
        "date": "2026-10-08 17:27:16",
        "title": "MPR Deputy Speaker Bambang Pacul on MK Ruling over Gibran: \u2018Let\u2019s Take It Easy for Now\u2019",
        "author": "",
        "source": "CNN_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Politics",
        "summary": "MPR Deputy Speaker Bambang Wuryanto says the legislature should wait for due process following the Constitutional Court\u2019s ruling on a challenge to Gibran Rakabuming Raka\u2019s vice-presidential candidacy. The Court rejected the petition seeking Gibran\u2019s disqualification but referred findings about the absence of documentation of his overseas education to other institutions for follow-up.",
        "content": "<p>MPR Deputy Speaker Bambang Wuryanto, also known as Bambang Pacul, has\ncommented on the Constitutional Court (MK) ruling concerning the\neducation requirements for Gibran Rakabuming Raka\u2019s candidacy for\nvice-president in the 2024 presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>Bambang said he did not want to rush to judgement on the ruling. In\nhis view, the matter was not yet before the MPR.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt hasn\u2019t come to the MPR. Let\u2019s take it easy for now. Just follow\nthe process. The ball isn\u2019t in the MPR\u2019s court yet,\u201d Bambang said at the\nparliamentary complex on Thursday (8 October).<\/p>\n<p>The PDI-P politician urged all parties to follow due process. Pacul\nsaid the power of the House of Representatives (DPR) and the MPR lay in\ntheir meeting procedures, but added that he could not speculate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe MPR leadership is guided by the Constitution and the law. We\ncan\u2019t speculate,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday evening (6 October), the MK delivered its ruling in case\nNo.\u00a001\/PHPU.PRES-XXIV\/2026 concerning the 2024 presidential and\nvice-presidential election results dispute.<\/p>\n<p>The Court said it could not accept a petition by Denny Indrayana, one\nof whose requests was to disqualify Gibran Rakabuming Raka as\nIndonesia\u2019s vice-president.<\/p>\n<p>The petitioners were the Independent Election Monitoring Committee\n(KIPP), the Ummat Party, former Deputy Minister of Law and Human Rights\nDenny Indrayana, six residents belonging to the Forum of Retired TNI\nSoldiers, M Subhan, Bonatua Silalahi and Tiurma MS Sihombing.<\/p>\n<p>However, based on evidence presented during the hearings, the MK said\nit had found no document showing that Gibran held a diploma confirming\nhe had completed education overseas equivalent to senior high school\n(SMA) or its equivalent.<\/p>\n<p>The MK referred this legal finding to other institutions for\nfollow-up.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/mpr-deputy-speaker-bambang-pacul-on-mk-ruling-over-gibran-lets-take-it-easy-for-now-1791456832",
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