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The Constitutional Court (MK) held a hearing review of Act 8/2012 on General Election of Members of Parliament, House of Regional Representatives and Regional Parliament are filed by Petitioner Priyo Puji Wasono and Deyantono Kok Young (2/PUU-XI/2012) and Mursyid, Anwar and Nazri Adlani (6/PUU-XI/2012). At the trial this time petitioner witnesses for case 6/PUU-Xi/2013 and petitioner experts with case 2/PUU-XI/2013 to submit statements respectively.

The witnesses presented by the applicant with no. 6/PUU-XI-2012 case that Teuku Neta Firdaus, Nazrul Zaman and Kudus Purba. In the trial, Neta Firdaus who is an activist for Solidarity of Aceh Anti-Corruption said that the development of an elected legislative elections felt no justice. It is said because there is a corruption aspiration which means they are selected only from Pidie and Pidie Jaya.

"The elections were never represented the West Coast," said Neta. According to Neta, it happens because of the quality of such heavyweight class and poor so that the aspirations of the West Coast beach were never delivered. These differences cause lagging regions.

He also said that, although there are members of Parliament who took to the location as well as the project. For instance, Neta added, in Nagan Raya plant there is an interest in the then members of the House took to the site but they only see the head area only. According to him, justice can be obtained if the Regional Pidie and Pidie Jaya entered the Constituency 1 (electoral district 1) for the North East coast while West Aceh joining with Aceh Lauser Antara (ALA) and the South-West Aceh.

Witness the other applicants, Nazrul Zaman who is the initiator of development in Aceh, also found similar. According to Nazrul, Aceh has a comparative advantage of other regions in Indonesia because it has the most comprehensive ecosystem after the Amazon. Therefore, he thinks it needs a different treatment.

"Aceh is divided into three sections in which the region is the West Coast of South America, the Middle East and East North Beach highlands," said Nazrul. He said the establishment of Electoral Districts that occurred during this indicates a lack of concern (from the central government). In order for the area represented, Nazrul added, to the House of Representatives his South West Coast and East Central Inland rolled into one electoral district. So that the representation of the parts of the hinterland

On the same occasion, Prof. Saldi Isra as the expert of the Petitioner of the case 2/PUU-XI/2013 gave the opportunity to provide expert testimony. He said the arrangement electoral system especially related elements Parliament and Council elections continues. This election showed that are not quite able to accommodate all the implementation of the right to vote of citizens. While on the other hand, added Saldi, reality shows that this arrangement is applied to the system perfectly.

Saldi also explained that the subsystems are still getting the spotlight is on the restructuring of the electoral district. According to him, there is the condition of the right to vote and choose not represented fairly in the legislative branches. This happens because the constituency has not properly considered the representation aspect. As a result, added Saldi, the condition is considered as a form of unequal treatment between citizens related to the fulfillment of its interests represented at the agency.

"The electoral system to do is to devise and administer technical devices electoral system," said Saldi. According to him, it is because it can affect the voting process at the Institute Representative. In relation to the electoral system, the distribution and arrangement of electoral districts is a technical device selection. Besides that, Saldi said that in fact is not just a local area competence alone. Meaning competence in an area came to be part of the territory.

Nicholas Harjanto, an applicant, said that electoral turnout is defined as the grouping based on a specific geographic area to help determine the sound so clear it was because of his election. So far, participation of voters living abroad has been accommodated by the formation of foreign committee in each embassy.

The next session will be held with the agenda of the ruling pronunciation. But before that, the chief justice asked the petitioners to submit conclusions on Wednesday, March 13, 2013 at 14.00 at the Constitutional Court. (Utami Argawati / mh)

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