Tonight, Denny Indrayana’s Lawsuit Over Gibran’s Eligibility Criteria Heard by Constitutional Court

Refly stated that the petitioners acknowledge the PHPU lawsuit must be filed within three days after the presidential election results are ratified by the KPU, as stipulated in PMK 5/2023.

However, they hope the MK will prioritize substantive justice.

"I want to describe this as a legal breakthrough or constitutional breakthrough," he said.

Reason MK is hearing the case on Gibran's vice-presidential eligibility

Spokesperson and Constitutional Court Judge Enny Nurbaningsih explained the MK’s rationale to hear the 2024 presidential election dispute petition filed in 2024 is because the MK, as a judicial institution, is prohibited from dismissing a petition without examination and trial.

"According to the principle that courts must not reject a case, the MK must accept every petition submitted for trial," said Spokesperson and MK Judge Enny Nurbaningsih, as reported by Tribunnews, Friday (11/9/2026).

Enny added that the MK’s stance on the presidential dispute petition would proceed through a preliminary hearing and then be decided at the Judges’ Deliberation Meeting (RPH).

"The MK’s decision regarding cases received after the preliminary hearing will be made at the RPH, in accordance with procedural law," she said.