Jakarta –
Presidential candidate number 3 Ganjar Pranowo encouraged the DPR to use the right of inquiry or interpellation regarding allegations of fraud in the 2024 presidential election. Ganjar also opened the door to communication with the party supporting candidate pair number 1 Anies Baswedan and Muhaimin Iskandar. Ganjar realized that he could not submit the right of inquiry to the DPR alone.
“If allegations of fraud are ignored, then there is no control function. Something like this must be investigated, a special committee created, at a minimum DPR hearings, summons, field tests,” said Ganjar.
“That’s why we have to open the door to communication with parties supporting Anies-Muhaimin,” he added.
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Anies Baswedan immediately responded to Ganjar’s statement. He said that the supporting parties in the Change Coalition, namely PKB, NasDem Party and PKS were ready to work together.
“Look, when we heard that we were going to do it, we saw that it was a good initiative and when Pak Ganjar expressed his desire to carry out the questionnaire, the PDI Perjuangan faction was the largest faction. We are sure that the Change Coalition, the NasDem Party, PKB, PKS, will be ready to be together,” said Anies at the Yusuf Building Law Firm, South Jakarta, Tuesday (20/2/2024).
It turns out that the parties supporting Anies and Ganjar gave different statements. General Treasurer of the NasDem Party DPP, Ahmad Sahroni, said that the DPR’s right to inquiry regarding fraud in the 2024 election could be carried out. However, NasDem is waiting for General Chairman Surya Paloh’s direction.
“The right to inquiry could be carried out. But, for NasDem, we are waiting for the direction of the General Chair (Surya Paloh),” said Sahroni, Tuesday (20/2/2024).
Sahroni said that his party did not wait for Anies’ direction. According to him, Surya Paloh will provide direction to the NasDem Party.
“What is the next direction, we cadres are ready to follow orders from the general chairman, we are waiting for Mr. Surya Paloh’s direction as general chairman,” he said.
PKS also brought up the party’s current activities after the voting. PKS considers that the right to investigate allegations of election fraud cannot be carried out in the near future.
“Mas Ganjar and Mas Anies’ proposals are good. But it doesn’t look like they can be implemented in the near future. The political parties are currently concentrating on guarding votes in the legislature,” said PKS spokesperson, Ahmad Mabruri, to reporters, Tuesday (20/2/2024).
Mabruri explained that his party continues to communicate with PKB and NasDem who are members of the Change Coalition. All three parties have seats in the DPR currently.
“When it comes to communication, PKS friends in the AMIN National Team always communicate,” said Mabruri.
Meanwhile, PPP, which supports Ganjar, admitted that it was still reviewing the discourse on the right to inquire into alleged fraud in the presidential election.
“Let’s study it first, and collect data to study the latest political issues, including the push for the right to inquiry,” said PPP DPP Chairman, Achmad Baidowi or Awiek, to journalists, Tuesday (20/2).
On the other hand, constitutional law expert Yusril Ihza Mahendra believes that resolving disputes over election results, especially the presidential election, can be brought to the Constitutional Court (MK). Yusril is of the opinion that resolving election disputes is not by using the right of inquiry in the DPR.
“Can the right of inquiry be used to investigate allegations of fraud in elections, in this case the presidential election, by the losing party? In my opinion, no,” said Yusril, who is also Deputy Chair of the Prabowo-Gibran TKN Steering Committee, to journalists, Thursday (22/2/ 2024).
Deputy Secretary General of the Democratic Party, Jansen Sitindaon, also believes that the DPR’s inquiry right cannot cancel the results of the 2024 presidential election. Jansen said that disputes over election results can only be decided by the MK.
“If the intention of submitting the questionnaire is to cancel the election results, it cannot be. Because in our constitutional system, the only channel to cancel the results of elections, regional elections or legislative elections is only through the Constitutional Court,” said Jansen.
According to Jansen, the political process in the DPR regarding the election polemic will only become a problem without a solution.
“Once the political path has been chosen, this is no longer a matter of right and wrong, like a resolution through legal channels, but is a matter of increasing the number of seats/supporters in parliament. Whatever the result, it will not be able to cancel the election results,” he said.
Ganjar’s discourse encouraging the right to inquiry regarding fraud in the 2024 presidential election was also responded to by Pakuan University constitutional law expert Prof Andi Asrun. Andi said that Ganjar jumped into an election dispute that should have gone to the Constitutional Court, instead taking it into the political realm.
“Jumping up and down, from trying to advance to the Constitutional Court, moving to the DPR’s right to inquiry, it’s as if there’s no confidence, isn’t it? If there’s good self-confidence, supported by strong evidence, then there’s no need for a right to inquiry. In my opinion, there’s no need for a right to inquiry. , it has no relevance,” said Andi to reporters, Thursday (22/2/2024).
Andi then thought Ganjar’s words were just bluff or just to scare him. He said that if Ganjar’s team had strong evidence of fraud, then candidate pair number 3 would present the evidence.
“There is not a single issue on the surface that the witnesses did not sign the C1 form. If there were, that would be extraordinary. No, this is just a bluff, this right of inquiry is a bluff, it has no meaning,” said Andi.
Is it true that Ganjar’s statement regarding the right to investigate fraud in the 2024 presidential election is just a bluff? A more complete discussion will be discussed in detail in the program morning seconds Friday edition (23/2/2024).
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