REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- The Constitutional Court held the first trial in disputed 2014 presidential election on Wednesday in Jakarta. Chief Justice, Hamdan Zoelva said that all judges had agreed to decide case independently.

"We will not be influenced by any group," Zoelva said recently.

Zoelva ensured that all judges would treat both parties (Prabowo Subianto and Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo) equally. The Court will run this case honestly and fairly as possible based on facts revealed in the trial.

One of judges, Patrialis Akbar said that no one tried to influence him. Akbar who is former the National Mandate Party (PAN) politician claimed that he had never received a call, including from vice presidential candidate No. 1, Hatta Rajasa who is PAN chairman.

Legal team member of Prabowo-Hatta, Didi Supriyanto said that there were 20 lawyers who entered the courtroom. At this initial hearing, the judge constitution will provide input to Prabowo-Hatta team related to lawsuit. They are ready to accept such advice.

Prabowo and Hatta present in this first trial. Legal team have prepared various evidences and witnesses that would be presented in the trial. They are 1,500 witnesses who signed up and there will be 2,000 people who will be put forward as witnesses.

Prabowo has filed a lawsuit about his refusal to accept the 2014 presidential election result officially announced by General Election Commission (KPU) on July 22. KPU named Jokowi as the next president with a total of 70,997,833 votes or 53.15 percent, while Prabowo gained only 62,576,444 votes or 46.85 percent. Prabowo previously claimed that fraud had occurred at 52,000 polling stations and had affected 21 million votes in its initial lawsuit filed at the court on July 25.

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