Problematika Penyelesaian Sengketa Hasil Pemilukada Oleh Mahkamah Konstitusi

When local election is stated as a part of the regime of general election law based on Article 236C of Law No. 12 Year 2008 on Local Government, the authority to settle the dispute on it was transferred from the Supreme Court to Constitutional Court. In the course of its development, the authority of the Court to decide local election dispute does not lie on textual interpretation only which merely rules on the dispute concerning the result of the election but also on the violations which happened during the election process. It is the constitutional obligation of the Court which basically has the purpose to ensure that fair and just election can be held. In practice, lots of problems arose in the organization of the election either concerning regulation, organization or law enforcement. From the Court side, lots of challenges and obstacles are also faced in settling election dispute. However, that situation does not deter the Court from making legal breakthrough to mend and improve local election system. The steps taken by the Constitutional Court precisely become inevitable and show to a greater extent its character as a court for constitutional matters with the authority to enforce law and justice as stipulated by the Constitution

Constitutional Complaint Dan Constitutional Question Dan Perlindungan Hak-hak Konstitusional Warga Negara

The 1945 Constitution gives limitative authority to the Constitutional Court only to review of laws against the constitution, adjudicate dispute over state institution whose authorities are mandate by constitution, adjudicate dispute on the result of general election, dissolution of political parties and obliged to decide upon DPR's opinion in the case of the impeachment of the President. In practice, many of the constitutional issues can not be resolved by the Constitutional Court because it explicitly doesn't include the authority of the Constitutional Court, for example, the adjudication of the constitutional complaint and the constitutional question. Both of these issues are not easily resolved by the Court outside of the Constitutional Court. The main issue to be analyzed in this paper is the possibility that the Constitutional Court may adjudicate constitutional complaint and constitutional question. By using the normative approach, comparative study of several other countries as well as theoretical studies on the functions of the Constitutional Court in constitutional democracies states, this paper analyzes the possibility of the Indonesian Constitutional Court may adjudicate constitutional complaint and the constitutional question