In mid-August 2022, Fadel Muhammad, a senator from Gorontalo who is also a businessman, was removed from his position as deputy chairman of the People’s Consultative Assembly (MPR) from elements of the Regional Representatives Council (DPD). The reason for his removal, interestingly, was a vote of no-confidence (mosi tidak percaya) that was filed by nearly 100 parties, even though the MPR does not recognize a no-confidence mechanism. After a month had passed, Fadel Muhammad fought back and filed a lawsuit to the Central Jakarta District Court, accusing the parties of carrying out unlawful acts and asking for compensation of more than Rp200 billion. In November 2022, Fadel filed a different lawsuit to the Jakarta State Administrative Court (PTUN Jakarta). Recently we learned that Fadel lost his case in Central Jakarta as the court declared that they have no authority to examine the dispute.
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