Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – The Constitutional Court (MK) began the trial of the 2024 Presidential and Vice Presidential General Election Results Dispute (PHPU) this morning, Monday (1/4/2024).

Quoted from the MK website, the agenda for this trial is the applicant's evidence, which includes listening to statements from witnesses and experts as well as presenting additional evidence.

“Monday April 1 at 08.00 WIB, Evidence of the Petitioner (Listening to the testimony of the Petitioner's experts and witnesses and Ratification of the Petitioner's additional evidence),” quoted from the MK's official website, Monday (1/4/2024).

For the record, this case was filed by candidate pair 01 Anies Baswedan-Muhaimin Iskandar and candidate pair 03 Ganjar Pranowo-Mahfud MD. Both want Cawapres 02 Gibran Rakabuming Raka to be disqualified from competing in the 2024 presidential election.

Meanwhile, the respondents are the KPU and Bawaslu. Then, the parties involved in these two cases are candidate pair 02 Prabowo Subianto-Gibran Rakabuming Raka.

So far, Anies-Muhaimin (AMIN) attorney Ari Yusuf Amir previously asked the Constitutional Court to present four ministers as witnesses in the 2024 presidential election dispute trial.

The four ministers are Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani, Minister of Social Affairs Tri Rismaharini, Minister of Trade Zulkifli Hasan and Coordinating Minister for the Economy Airlangga Hartarto.

Quoted from CNN Indonesia, the Ganjar-Mahfud Legal Team supports the AMIN camp's request regarding this request. The head of the Ganjar-Mahfud Legal Team, Todung Mulya Lubis, said that the testimony from the two ministries was important for the MK to present.

“We support what was conveyed by applicant one, as well as applicant one's proposal for the Minister of Social Affairs. We consider at least these two ministries to be very important, very vital,” said Todung in a hearing at the Constitutional Court, Thursday evening (28/3/2024 ).

Prabowo-Gibran's attorney, Otto Hasibuan, then quipped back at the Ganjar-Mahfud and Anies-Muhaimin legal team regarding summoning a number of ministers to the 2024 presidential election dispute hearing.

Otto said that his party could also ask the Constitutional Court to summon PDIP General Chair Megawati Soekarnoputri. However, he didn't do it.

“If he asks for a minister, we also ask for Mrs. Megawati to be summoned, do you want it or not? That's the problem, right,” said Otto after the hearing at the Constitutional Court Building, Jakarta, Thursday (28/3).

The Constitutional Court has set a maximum limit of 19 witnesses and experts to be submitted by the applicants. Until now, the list of names is not yet known. The names of new witnesses and experts will be revealed at trial.

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