Denny Indrayana Questions the Swift Processing of Gibran's Diploma Equivalency Certificate

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - The petitioner in Case Number 01/PHPU.PRES-XXIV/2026 raised concerns over the rapid issuance of the Certificate of Diploma Equivalency for Gibran's credentials.

Denny Indrayana, acting as the petitioner, revealed that the certificate was completed within a single day, whereas the usual process takes about five days.

"Gibran's Certificate was finalized in one day; it was submitted on August 6 and completed the same day. Normally, in P119, we received information that the shortest processing time is five working days from the moment the documents are declared complete," Denny stated during the preliminary examination session at the Constitutional Court (MK) building in Jakarta on Monday (9/21/2026).

The petitioner also alleged legal flaws and manipulative attempts in the technical regulations regarding candidate requirements.

The presence of a provision in KPU Regulation Number 19 of 2023 is considered to have introduced a questionable article.

Denny explained that Article 18 paragraph (3) of KPU Regulation Number 19 of 2023 states:

"Evidence of graduation as referred to in paragraph (1) letter n is exempted for presidential candidates and for presidential or vice-presidential candidates who do not possess evidence of graduation from a high school abroad and have obtained evidence of graduation from a higher education institution."

"Now, we show here that in the 2009, 2014, and 2019 presidential elections, there was no such provision. This norm suddenly appeared for the 2024 presidential election," Denny said.

Denny added that the suspicion of this being a 'smuggled article' was further supported by a public test conducted by independent election monitoring leader Hadar Nafis Gumay.

The public test on the regulation revealed that Article 18 paragraph (3) was not present.

"It is mentioned there that this is a smuggled or sneaked-in article," he added.

He also assessed the drafting process of the regulation as lacking transparency from the consultation stage onwards.

The Constitutional Court held a preliminary examination hearing for the Dispute over the Election Results (PHPU) Case Number 01/PHPU.PRES-XXIV/2026 on Monday (9/21/2026). The session will resume on Wednesday (9/23/2026).