The Performance of South Tapanuli Election Commission was in doubt after being considered to violate Act No. 22/2007 about Election Organizer, especially Article 32, 33, 35, 36, and 37. Besides that, the Head of South Tapanuli Election Commission was also considered very often in issuing individual decisions without consulting the four other members, for example in deciding the schedule for the regional election which did not go through the assembly meeting, printing out the ballots, deciding the number of voters (in every vote center) and in using the operational fund for the election which was decided by his side only.
 
The information was revealed by the Petitioner s witness who was one of the members of the Commission, Fitri Lenni Wati Harahap, in front of the trial for dispute over South Tapanuli Election case, Monday (22/12), in the Constitutional Court main room. The case No. 55/PHPU.D-VI/2008 was filed by candidate pair No. 2 Rahmad Pardamean Hasibuan-Aminusin M Harahap alias “Ramah” package. Sitting as the Petitionee in this case was the South Tapanuli Election Commission.
 
Apart from the violations mentioned above, continued Fitri, the Commission did not give the C-KWK form letter to witnesses either. “Among the 428 vote centers, many mandatory witnesses from the Petitioner did not receive the C-KWK model form which was actually their rights,” revealed Fitri.

On this information, Head of The Commission, Mustar Edi Hutasuhut made a denial abot the truth. “We actually held the plenary session, even though not not a formal one, they (including Fitri) attended that, and they all agreed. All she said was not true,” he claimed.
 
Mustar also added that the claim against him concerning the change in the Voters List and the printing of the ballot had been according to the procedure. “I have never, not even once, changed the List,” he continued.
 
The last trial for this case was scheduled on Wednesday ((07/01/09) with Decision Reading-out as the agenda. (Andhini Sayu Fauzia)
 
Foto: Dok. Humas MK/Wiwik BW

Translated by Yogi Djatnika/MKRI