Deciding a civil lawsuit launched by an obscure political party that said it was denied the chance to contest the 2024 polls, the Central Jakarta district court ordered election processes be stopped for two years, four months and seven days, according to the court’s website.
The court could not be reached and it was not immediately clear why it had ordered the delay, which would move the election back to 2025 at the earliest.
The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP), the country’s biggest party, said the court had no right to make such a decision.
“PDIP thinks the court’s ruling must be annulled,” Hasto Kristiyanto, secretary general of PDIP, said in a statement, calling for an investigation into why the judges issued the decision.
Hasyim Asy’ari, the head the election commission, known by its Indonesian abbreviation KPU, told Reuters it would appeal the decision at a higher court.
The Just Prosperous People’s Party,…
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