Arientha Primanita – A group of public figures identifying themselves as supporters of Sri Mulyani Indrawati are seeking to have a controversial law declared unconstitutional in an attempt to allow the former finance minister to run for president.

The plaintiffs, comprising nine members of the Independent People's Union (SRI) and Indonesian Society's Solidarity (SMI), lodged the judicial review against the Political Party Law in the Constitutional Court on Wednesday.

The individuals include senior journalists Goenawan Mohamad and Fikri Jufri, television presenter Dana Iswara Basri, activist Damianus Taufan and former lawmaker Abdul Rahman Tolleng.

Abdul said the SRI had communicated with Sri Mulyani about their plans. "[Sri Mulyani] has not officially stated that she will run in 2014, but she knows about our activities, and she unofficially endorses them," he said.

The plaintiffs, who in the past have expressed their support for Sri Mulyani to run as a presidential candidate in 2014 elections, say the law makes establishing a political party "nonsensical and difficult to meet."

The law requires each political party to have 30 representatives and an office in each of the country's 33 provinces and to meet the verification process 2.5 years before the elections.

Lawyer Andi Muhammad Asrun said the plaintiffs "believe that this regulation is disturbing and violating the constitutional right of a political party."

Constitutional Court Judge Harjono, however, said the law was already being contested by other plaintiffs and the decision pending. "If an article has been reviewed, then it cannot be reviewed again unless there are special circumstances, or if there is a new perspective," he said.

Sri Mulyani, currently a managing director at the World Bank, is considered to be a clean figure, a rarity in Indonesian politics.