Constitutional Court declares internet quota expiry case unclear

Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Constitutional Court (MK) has declared case number 87/PUU-XXIV/2026, a material review of Article 71(2) of Law Number 6 of 2023 on Job Creation concerning the expiry of internet quotas, as unclear or obscure (obscuur). In considerations read by Constitutional Justice Saldi Isra in the courtroom at MK Building I, Jakarta, on Tuesday, he stated that the petitioner did not elaborate on the legal basis for the Constitutional Court’s authority to review laws against the 1945 Constitution as fully required by MK Regulation Number 7 of 2025. In this regard, the petitioner merely mentioned Article 24C(1) of the 1945 Constitution and Article 10(1)(a) of the MK Law, adding the sentence “The Constitutional Court functions as The Guardian of the Constitution and The Protector of Citizens’ Constitutional Rights”. Likewise, in the section on legal standing, the petitioner only listed five points of conditions for constitutional rights impairment without linking them to the substance of the constitutional rights impairment, said Saldi. Furthermore, in the posita section (reasons for the petition), the petitioner did not adequately explain reasons that could demonstrate a conflict between the norm of Article 71(2) of Law Number 6 of 2023 and the basis for review in the 1945 Constitution. Based on the facts and legal considerations of the respective petition above, there is no doubt for the Court to declare the a quo petition unclear, or vague or obscure, stated Saldi. Saldi continued, considering that although the Court is authorised to adjudicate the a quo petition, because the a quo petition is unclear or vague, the Court does not consider the petition further. Case number 87/PUU-XXIV/2026 regarding the expiry of internet quotas was filed by Rachmad Rofik. At least 31 similar cases are currently being processed at the MK. One of them is number 273/PUU-XXIV/2026, petitioned by Didi Supandi, an online motorcycle taxi driver, and Wahyu Trisna Sari, an online culinary trader.