The Constitutional Court (MK) stated entirely reject the application for the dispute of General Election result Case of Palopo City in 2013 (Case No. 9/PHPU.D-XI/2013) filed by Rahmat Masri Bandaso and Irwan Hamid, on Thursday (21/2 ) afternoon at the Plenary Court Courtroom.

"The verdict, rejected the applicant for all," said Achmad Sodiki. In consideration of the law, the Court stated that there is convincing evidence that there have been serious violations that are structured, systematic and massive as alleged by the Petitioner. Court also considered that there was not enough evidence to convince the Court that the Election Commission of Palopo city has affected the results of the counting of votes, which led to too unavailability of Petitioner in the second round of the general elections of regional heads Palopo city.

Previously, Petitioner questioned the stages of verification support for Candidate Number 6 (1448 votes), Candidate Number 3 (771 votes), and Candidate Number 9 (867 votes), each Candidate has a number of votes away Applicants under the 16,097 voting ballot. According to Petitioner, the third candidate affects the composition of the votes of the other candidates, including the applicant.

However, based on the evidence and testimony at the hearing, according to the Court, even though it was true that candidates are not eligible to verification and exclusion of the three candidates in the voting process again, will affect the number of votes each candidate include Applicant Petitioner still did not have enough evidence to convince the Court that the votes that have been given to the third candidate is expected to have switched or given entirely to the applicant that the applicant could ultimately make it one of the candidates would be eligible for the second round of the General Election or a winner of Palopo city in the General Election, 2013, as may be the case that the votes are actually spread to other candidates.

Moreover, in addition to there is absolutely no proof that the vote Applicant should exceed the number of votes of one or two candidates who had been assigned by the Respondent following the Second Round Election of Palopo City In 2013, the Candidate Pair Number 1 H. M. Judas Amir and Akhmad Syarifuddin adrift 3392 votes of Petitioner and Candidate Number 5 Drs. H. Haidir Basir and H. Andi Tamrin Jufri adrift 3464 votes, Petitioner also did not have significant evidence to believe that a violation. Based on these facts, once again the Court considered the arguments of the petition have not been proven according to law. (Dedy / mh)