Review requests rejected

Review requests rejected

JAKARTA: The Constitutional Court stated on Thursday that it
would not review Law No. 23/2003 on the presidential election
because the plaintiffs were not affected by the law and thus were
not legally in a position to file a complaint.

According to the court, the group of people -- activist Fathul
Hadie Ustman, lecturers Mursyidah Thohir and Hamdanah, private
company employee Swandoko Soewono and civil servant Thohir Afandi
-- were not eligible to file the request because their
constitutional rights were not being directly violated by the
law.

The plaintiffs have alleged that Article 5 paragraph 3 and
Article 4 -- which deals with the registration of presidential
and vice presidential nominees and the presidential election
schedule -- contradicted the Constitution.

The articles say that presidential and vice presidential
candidates must be named by a political party or coalition before
the legislative election.

They also argued that the separation of the legislative and
presidential elections is prone to conflicts. -- JP