IO, Jakarta – Coordinator spokesman for the National Winning Body (BPN) Prabowo Subianto – Sandiaga Uno, Dahnil Anzar Simanjuntak mentioned four names of advocates who would become Prabowo’s legal team to sue the results of the 2019 Presidential Election or Presidential Election to the Constitutional Court.
The four names are Rikrik Rizkiyana, Denny Indrayana, Bambang Widjojanto, and Andi Irmanputra Sidin. Dahnil said the team will be coordinated by Rikrik, while three other advocates were members and spokespersons.
“The coordinator is Rikrik, then the legal team there are, Prof. (Preofesor) Denny Indrayana, Bambang Widjojanto, and Irmanputra Sidin,” said Dahnil when met at Prabowo’s house, Kertanegara, Kebayoran Baru, South Jakarta on Wednesday, May 22, 2019.
Dahnil said that now the legal team is currently preparing the claim file. He said, the lawsuit will be registered before the deadline set by the General Election Commission on May 24.
Rikrik Rizkiyana and Bambang Widjojanto are two leaders in the Tim Gubernur untuk Percepatan Pembangunan (Governor Team for the Acceleration of Development) (TGUPP) formed by DKI Jakarta Governor, Anies Baswedan. Rikrik is the Chairperson of the TGUPP Regulation of Harmonization, while Bambang is the Chair of the TGUPP in the Corruption Prevention division.
Bambang also has a background as Deputy Chairperson of the Corruption Eradication Commission for 2011-2015. Previously, BPN Prabowo-Sandiaga said Bambang was an expert that provided input regarding the issue of corruption, which was the theme of the first debate on the presidential election on January 17.
Besides being TGUPP, Rikrik is also a lawyer for one of Sandiaga’s company. Denny Indrayana is a former Deputy Minister of Law and Human Rights, and Special Staff for Indonesia’s sixth President, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, along with a number of figures and institutions, he once sued the presidential threshold of 20 percent. Andi Irmanputra Sidin is known as an expert in constitutional law. (dsy)