The legal representative of Arkaan Wahyu, Arif Sahudi, said that his client wants the Constitutional Court to conduct a material test on Article 7 paragraph 2 of Law No. 10 of 2016 concerning the Election of Governors, Regents, and Mayors, which regulates the age requirements for candidates who will compete in the upcoming November 2024 Regional Elections. Arkaan wants the minimum age requirement to be calculated from the appointment of the selected candidate. This step is taken to prevent Kaesang Pangarep from running as a gubernatorial candidate.

"For the first lawsuit filed by Sigit, he requested the calculation of the age of the prospective regional election candidate since the registration. For the lawsuit filed by Arkaan, it is calculated since the determination of the candidate," said Arif, as quoted from merdeka.com, Tuesday, July 16, 2024. "This is a test of the interpretation of the law. Different from the test of the law submitted by the Garuda Party," he added."

From the material test lawsuit filed by Arkaan, Kaesang Pangarep can only run in the Solo Regional Election. Arkaan, who is a native of Solo, according to Arif, wants Kaesang to run for mayor in Solo and cannot participate in the Jakarta or Central Java Governor Election. "So Arkaan wants Mas Kaesang to become the mayor first. If this material test is granted, then Mas Kaesang can only meet the requirements in Solo Mayor, because the measurement is calculated from the appointment," he said.

While preserving any html tags, the translation of the given 'Bahasa' text to 'English' is: "Meanwhile, Sigit Nugroho Sudibyanto revealed his reasons for filing the lawsuit so that Kaesang cannot run as a candidate for governor. 'Legal certainty is needed regarding the age limit for candidate registration in the regional elections. In the news, there is an intention for Mas Kaesang to run in the regional elections. But normatively, there is no legal certainty yet, whether the age limit of 30 years for a governor candidate and 25 years for a vice governor candidate applies when?' he said."

"So that Kaesang's progress in the Pilgub market fails, Sigit proposes that age calculation be done at the time of registration. Because, at that time, the youngest son of President Joko Widodo who is also the Chairman of PSI has not yet reached the age of 30. 'So my demand is that 30 years old be interpreted at the time of registration as a gubernatorial candidate. The consideration is that Mas Kaesang is definitely not yet 30 years old. My goal is to prevent Mas Kaesang from registering as a gubernatorial candidate in Central Java,' explained Sigit."

Sigit does not deny that there is a political element related to the blockade. He admitted that he wants to run as the governor candidate for Central Java. He hopes that the competition in the Central Java governor race can become more dynamic without the presence of Kaesang. "If he can run, it means politically we already know what Mas Gibran is like. And surely Mas Kaesang will be given the same privilege. The hope is that if Mas Kaesang does not run, my chances of winning can be even greater," he explained.