Kompas Research and Development: Widespread Agreement on the Right to Inquiry Regarding the 2024 Presidential Election

Presidential candidate number 3, Ganjar Pranowo, is urging his supporting political parties in the House of Representatives (DPR) to utilize the right of inquiry (hak angket) to investigate alleged irregularities in the 2024 Presidential Election.

Ganjar's proposal was welcomed by presidential candidate number 1, Anies Baswedan. "We are confident that the Coalition for Change, comprising the Nasdem Party, PKB, and PKS, will be ready to support the right of inquiry together," said Anies in a press conference on Tuesday, February 20, 2024.

According to a Kompas Research and Development (Litbang Kompas) survey, a majority or 62.2% of respondents agreed that the DPR should use the right of inquiry to investigate alleged irregularities in the 2024 Presidential Election.

Litbang Kompas noted that this stance was not only expressed by groups aware of and following the issue, but also by respondents who were unaware of or did not follow news reports related to the right of inquiry.

On the other hand, 33% of respondents disagreed with the right of inquiry proposal, and 4.8% did not answer.

It should be noted that the right of inquiry is a special right of the DPR to investigate the implementation of a law and/or government policy suspected of violating the law.

Based on Articles 199, Paragraphs 1 to 3, of Law Number 17 of 2014, the proposal for a right of inquiry must meet three requirements.

First, the right of inquiry must be proposed by at least 25 DPR members from more than one faction.

Second, the proposal for the right of inquiry must include documents containing the material of the policy or implementation of the law to be investigated.

Finally, it must receive approval from a Plenary Meeting of the DPR attended by more than half of the DPR members, and the decision is made with the approval of half of the members present.

"There is a political process that must be followed, although based on the number of seats or factions referring to the current political constellation, the camp that tends to agree with the right of inquiry relatively controls more seats in the DPR," wrote Kompas Litbang researcher Yohan Wahyu in his report on Monday, March 4, 2024.

This Litbang Kompas survey involved 512 respondents randomly selected using a stratified systematic sampling method in 38 Indonesian provinces.

Data collection was conducted from February 26-28, 2024, through telephone interviews. The survey's margin of error is approximately 4.33%, with a 95% confidence level under simple random sampling conditions.