Tomorrow, Constitutional Court to Hold Hearing on Presidential Election Dispute Over Gibran's Candidacy Requirements

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - The Constitutional Court (MK) is set to hold its first hearing regarding the 2024 Presidential and Vice Presidential Election Dispute over the candidacy requirements for Gibran Rakabuming Raka as a vice presidential candidate in the 2024 election.

The case is registered under Number 01/PHPU.PRES-XXIV/2026.

According to the official MK schedule, the preliminary examination session will take place on Monday, September 21, 2026, at the MKRI Building 1, 2nd Floor, with an agenda focused on the Preliminary Examination.

The petitioners include several parties such as the Independent Election Monitoring Committee, the Ummat Party, Denny Indrayana, the Retired Indonesian Military Soldiers Forum, Subhan, Bonatua Silalahi, and Tiurma MS Sihombing.

The case was filed on September 10, 2026, and was officially registered by the MK on September 17, 2026, under Number 01/PHPU.PRES-XXIV/2026.

Dispute over education requirement

In their petition, the claimants challenge the fulfillment of the education requirement for the vice presidential candidate as stipulated in Article 169 letter r of Law Number 7 of 2017 concerning General Elections.

The petitioners request that the MK declare the education requirement as an imperative condition that must be legally met at the time of registration and determination of the presidential and vice presidential candidate pairs.

They also ask the MK to declare that Gibran Rakabuming Raka does not meet the education requirements as prescribed and to annul the determination of Gibran as the vice presidential candidate in the 2024 election on the grounds of legal defects.

"To declare that the determination of Gibran Rakabuming Raka as the Vice Presidential candidate in the 2024 General Election contains legal defects from the outset and therefore has no binding legal force," their petition states.

Request to annul Gibran's candidacy determination

In their petition, the claimants request the MK to annul several decisions by the General Elections Commission (KPU) concerning the determination of Gibran as the vice presidential candidate.

The decisions they seek to annul include KPU Decision Number 1632 of 2023 on the determination of candidate pairs for the 2024 Presidential and Vice Presidential Election, KPU Decision Number 1644 of 2023 on the determination of candidate pair ballot numbers, and KPU Decision Number 360 of 2024 on the determination of national election results.

The petitioners also seek to annul KPU Decision Number 504 of 2024 on the determination of the elected presidential and vice presidential candidate pair for 2024.

"To annul the inauguration of Gibran Rakabuming Raka as Vice President conducted by the People's Consultative Assembly," they stated.

The petitioners further urge the MK to order the MPR to hold a session to elect the Vice President from two candidates proposed by the President, no later than 60 days after the verdict is announced.

This request refers to the provisions of Article 8 paragraph (2) of the 1945 Constitution.