OSO is suggested to focus on Hanura rather than going forward as a DPD candidate

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – The Executive Director of the Association for Elections and Democracy (Perludem), Titi Anggraini, advised Hanura party chairman, Oesman Sapta Odang (OSO), to focus on the care of his party.

Titi said that the challenges of political parties in the 2019 election were heavy becauseparliamentary threshold or the parliamentary threshold increases to 4%. That's good, political party leaders focus on managing their parties in order to be able to exceed the parliamentary threshold.

The same goes for OSO. In addition, the decision of the Court No. 30 / PUU-XVI / 2018 prohibits DPD members from holding simultaneously positions as members of political parties.

"As a party leader, it would be wiser for the person concerned to focus on party management, party management as a modern and advanced party, and DPO contestation being handled by people outside the leadership. of the political party, "said Titi at a meeting at the KPU office in Menteng, central Jakarta on Tuesday (27/11/2018).

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Titi hopes that, as the political elite, chair of the DPO for the period 2014-2019 and a member of the coalition that carries one of the pairs of candidates for the presidency and the vice presidency, the OSO is happy to listen to his advice.

If he wishes to subsequently withdraw from his candidacy as a member of DPD, Titi also hopes that the OSO's decision will have the support of many parties. Because it is to realize the goodness of the constitutional system.

"Let's hope the political decision is backed up by other coalition colleagues, for the sake of our constitution," said Titi.

As is known, the KPU has removed the OSO as a candidate for the DPO because it has not submitted a letter of resignation from a political party. OSO are still considered as members of political parties.

According to the MP's decision, members of the DPO are not allowed to hold competing positions as members of political parties.

The rules concerning the prohibition of members of the DPO to hold several posts are set out in the decision of the Constitutional Court No. 30 / PUU-XVI / 2018 which was read on Monday (23/07/2018).

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On the basis of the KPU's decision, the OSO lodged a complaint with the Supreme Court (MA) and the State Administrative Court (PTUN).

The Supreme Court granted the OSO judicial review of PKPU number 26 of 2018, which contained the conditions for appointing members of the DPO.

Although the judges of the administrative court also allowed the action of the Hanura party chairman and annulled the decree KPU (SK), which stipulated that OSO did not fulfill the requirements (TMS) as a candidate for the post member of the DPO. The judge also ordered the KPU to revoke the decree.