Surprise, confusion as Indonesia district court orders election delay


FILE PHOTO: A voter casts a ballot during elections in Jakarta, Indonesia April 17, 2019. REUTERS/Edgar Su/File Photo

JAKARTA (Reuters) - An Indonesian court on Thursday ruled the national poll body must halt election procedures for more than two years, effectively delaying a 2024 presidential vote, a verdict the country's biggest party said it would not recognise.

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.

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