The Constitutional Court held the initial trial on the dispute over South Central Timor (SCT) Regency Election result with Case examination as the agenda, Wednesday (26/11). The Petition was filed by Regent and Vice Regent candidate pair No. 1, Drs. Daniel A. Banunaek, M.A and Drs. Alexander Nakamnu (Damai) through their Legal Counsels Gustaf Jacob S.H., Marsel W. Radja S.H., Bill Nope S.H., and Melkisedek C. Talan S.H., and sitting in the Petitionee position was the SCT Regency Election Commission.
 
The Petitioner argued that the Petitionee had conducted a deceit by marking up the total voters, previously 251,296 people were listed in the Fixed Voter List before it was changed to 253,027 voters. As the result, the Announcement of Elected candidate for the Election in SCT Regency dated October 30, 2008 was illegal according to the Petitioner. On the basis of the fact, the Petitioner demanded the Court to cancel the recapitulation result issued by the SCT Election Commission and announced the Petitioner as the winner in SCT Election.

Responding to the Petitioner s claims, Head of Justice Panel Board, Arsyad Sanusi, explained that the Court s authority in such cases was to settle the recapitulation result, therefore, continued Akil, the Petitioner had to provide strong and accurate evidences to support their argumentation. “For that, Please read the Constitutional Court Regulation No. 15/2008,” explained Arsyad.

Apart from that, the Constitutional Justice Board also ordered the Petitioner to modify their Petition. Considering that the trial for dispute over Election Result Case used speedy trial system, the Petitioner was only given a single day to improve their Petition. The trial that also legalized 44 evidences from the Petitioner would be continued on Thursday (27/11). (Andhini Sayu Fauzia)

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Translated by Yogi Djatnika / MK