Jakarta, Legal Literacy - Delving into the Use of Social Assistance, the Constitutional Court Considers the Request to Present Sri Mulyani to Airlangga. The legal team of Anies Rasyid Baswedan-Muhaimin Iskandar has submitted a request to the Constitutional Court to summon several ministers who are members of the Advanced Indonesia Cabinet in the trial regarding the dispute over the results of the 2024 Presidential Election. This request is also supported by the legal team of Ganjar Pranowo-Mahfud MD. They argue that the testimony from these ministers is important to deepen the understanding of the policy of distributing social assistance during the election process.

The legal teams of Anies Rasyid Baswedan-Muhaimin Iskandar and Ganjar Pranowo-Mahfud MD have requested the Constitutional Court to summon several related ministers, including Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani Indrawati, Minister of Social Affairs Tri Rismaharini, Minister of Trade Zulkifli Hasan, and Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto, to provide information in the trial of the 2024 Presidential Election result dispute. They argue that information from these ministers is crucial to delve into the policy of distributing social assistance during the election period.

Ari Yusuf Amir, one of the legal representatives from Anies-Muhaimin, emphasized that clear and detailed information from the four ministers is very important in the trial of the presidential and vice-presidential election result dispute (PHPU). They believe that these four ministers can provide relevant explanations related to the facts and evidence that have been presented to the constitutional judges, especially related to the distribution of social assistance (bansos).

Todung Mulya Lubis, the legal representative from the Ganjar Pranowo-Mahfud MD team, officially supports the request from the Anies-Muhaimin team to present a number of ministers in the trial. However, in this context, if the Anies-Muhaimin team wants the presence of four ministers, the Ganjar-Mahfud team asks the Constitutional Court (MK) to present only three ministers. In addition to the Minister of Finance and the Minister of Social Affairs, they also asked the MK to present the Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture, namely Muhadjir Effendy.

"We have submitted many things related to social assistance, its relation to fiscal policy and others. Therefore, we also want to submit the same request (to present ministers)," said Todung in a hearing at the Constitutional Court, Jakarta, Thursday (28/3/2024).

On Thursday morning until evening, the continuation of the hearing on the Dispute over the Results of the Presidential Election (PHPU) for president and vice president was held. The agenda of the hearing included the submission of answers from the General Election Commission (KPU), related parties, and information from the Election Supervisory Body (Bawaslu).