The election results of Palopo mayor and vice mayor in 2013, was sued by Rahmat Masri Bandaso-Irwan Hamid, candidate number 7, to the Constitutional Court (MK). Petitioner in his petition accused the election commission (KPU) of Palopo City has done engineering, the process of determining candidate mayor and vice mayor of the city of Palopo. To prove his argument, Petitioner filed four witnesses in the trial of Case No.9/PHPU.D-XI/2013, Thursday (14/2) at the Plenary Court.

Samsu Alam, successful team secretary of Najamuddin-Abdul Waris Karim, independents candidates numbered 3, revealed the existence of collusion between Isra Rauf Basyuri, chairman of the campaign team Najamuddin - Abdul Waris Karim with KPU chairman of Palopo Maksum Runi. According to Samsu, factual verification stage performed Voting Committee (PPS) Songka Palopo City, from 700 residents of the proposed support beam, only 11 qualified supports.

"After chief of campaign team number 3, Isra Rauf Basyuri met Maksum Runi, chairman of the PPS Songka, Kaco Syarifuddin change data to support a legitimate 606 people," said Samsu. With these changes Najamuddin- Abdul Waris Karim qualified support independent candidates.

Similar statements about the engineering data support independent candidates Najamuddin - Abdul Waris Karim, is also expressed by its own success team, which in this trial gave testimony to its competitors in the General Election of Palopo City, Rahmat Masri Bandaso-Irwan Hamid. The witnesses said the applicant, engineered for factual verification of Najamuddin-Abdul Waris Karim also occurred in several other villages.

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But the testimony of witnesses Petitioner was denied by the Palopo Election Commission’s witnesses Kaco Syarifuddin, Chairman of PPS Songka confirmed, he was never contacted by KPU Chairman of Palopo Maksum Runi, to manipulate the amount of support Najamuddin-Abdul Waris Karim. "The data obtained from the Commission, not because there was negotiation," said Kaco

Against the trial process, Constitutional Court Chairman panel Akil Mochtar has seen enough checking and asked the parties to submit the final conclusion on Friday, February 15, 2013, without trial. The next trial will be conducted to the pronunciation of the verdict. (Ilham/ mh)