Constitutional Court to Hold Preliminary Hearing on Gibran Rakabuming Raka's Presidential Candidacy Requirements Next Week

"We found preliminary indications that the vice-presidential candidate for candidate pair number 02 does not fulfill the education requirement. What is that? The minimum education is a high school diploma or equivalent," said Denny at the Constitutional Court building on Thursday.

The petitioners include the Independent Election Monitoring Committee, Partai Ummat, Denny Indrayana, the Forum of Retired TNI Soldiers, Subhan, Bonatua Silalahi, and Tiurma MS Sihombing.

In the petition read by Refly Harun acting as legal counsel, the petitioners request that MK fully grant their petition.

"Second, to declare that the education requirement as stipulated in Article 169 letter r of Law Number 7 of 2017 on General Elections is an imperative requirement that must be legitimately fulfilled at the time of registration and the determination of presidential and vice-presidential candidates," Refly read the petition.

Third, to disqualify Vice-Presidential Candidate Gibran Rakabuming Raka because he does not meet the education requirements as regulated in Article 169 letter r of Law Number 7 of 2017 on General Elections.

"Fourth, to declare that the determination of Gibran Rakabuming Raka as vice-presidential candidate in the 2024 General Election is legally flawed from the outset and therefore has no binding legal force," he said.

The petitioners also request that MK instruct the People's Consultative Assembly to hold a session to elect a Vice President from two candidates proposed by the President, no later than 60 days after this decision is read, as regulated in Article 8 paragraph (2) of the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia.