Indonesia's General Election Commission to challenge 'discrepancy' in poll delay ruling

General Elections Commission (KPU) chairman Hasyim Asy’ari (right) speaks with KPU commissioner August Mellaz in Jakarta on March 9, 2023, during a group discussion about the Central Jakarta District Court’s controversial ruling in a civil lawsuit filed by the fledgling Prima Party that effectively postpones next year’s elections by 28 months. - Jakarta Post/ANN

JAKARTA, March 26 (Jakarta Post/ANN): The General Elections Commission (KPU) of Indonesia has filed additional materials in its appeal against a ruling by a lower court ordering it to postpone the 2024 general elections, with the election organiser claiming that it had found that the controversial ruling was upheld by a discrepancy.

The controversial ruling was issued by a three-member judicial panel at the Central Jakarta District Court in early March for a civil lawsuit brought by the newly formed Just and Prosperous People’s (Prima) Party, which claimed that it was denied the chance to participate in the 2024 general election by the KPU.