The Constitutional Court (The Court) stated that the violations in Belu Second Round Election 2008 as claimed by the Petitioner Gregorius Mau Bili F. and Berchmans Mau Bria (Candidate Pair No. 1) could not be proved legally and convincingly so that they did not affect the recapitulation result set by Belu Election Commission (The Commission). That was announced in the trial for decision reading for case No. 62/PHPU.D-VI/2008, Thursday (15/1), at The Court s Room.

The Commission had announced that in the second round election, the Petitioner received 76.695 votes, whereas the Candidate Pair No. 4, Joachim Lopez and Taolin Ludovikus got  84.061.

The Petitioner objected on the announcement because, according to them, the Second Round Election in Belu had gone undemocratic, and not direct, general, free, honest and fair; as the consequence, the recapitulation result done by the Petitionee, The Commission had been wrong or, at least, containing mistakes in the process.

Responding to that, The Court announced that the violations claimed by the Petitioner could not be proven legally and convincingly, so they did not affect the recapitulation of votes set by the Petitionee. The Court also said that despite the fact that there were indeed violations, they were not the criminal violations in the election. “to reject the Petitioner s claim entirely,” concluded the Chief Justice of The Court, Moh. Mahfud MD, as he read the decision. (Luthfi Widagdo Eddyono)

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Translated by Yogi Djatnika / CCRI