Seven witnesses of Seruyan Election Commission (Respondent) consisting of the PPS officers and seven witnesses from Related Party Couple No. 1, Sudarsono - Yulhaidir, presented at the trial of dispute of election result of Seruyan Regency’s Election, Central Kalimantan, in the Constitutional Court in Jakarta.

Achmad Ruswandi-Sutrisno, who accused Seruyan Election Commission has tried to win Sudarsono - Yulhaidir, the seven witnesses of the Respondent expressly refer to the process of voting held on 4 April, has been running smoothly and there is no objection from any candidate. This can be evidenced by the absence of objection form filled by the candidate witnesses and no reports to the Supervisory Committee about violations that may occur. "The voting process went smoothly because there was no objection from the witness candidate," said Kasim Zainal, Chairman of PPS II of Tanjung Mranggas Village.

He added, almost in the entire districts in the district of Tanjung Mranggas, polling implementation can run safely. The statement also confirmed the statement of the chairman KPPS in the village of Tanjung Mranggas, namely Rojiun, Suhaini, La Ode, Iyan and Geri. However, Geri who served as chairman of PPK Seruyan Hulu revealed, it had been objections and protests from Candidate 2 Achmad Ruswandi-Sutrisno, because in election day it found the campaign to be conducted by Candidate 1 Sudarsono - Yulhaidir.

Denies Data Manipulation of Identity Card 

At the evidentiary hearing, the Related Party Sudarsono - Yulhaidir, through seven witnesses to confront allegations of manipulation of data support ID cards for the couple Sudarsono - Yulhaidir derived from individual lines. Ahmad Effendi, who served as secretary of a successful winning team of Sudarsono - Yulhaidir denied it had carried out the burglary ID cards at the district level, by way of forged identity cards and signatures of citizens. "The process of collecting ID cards support runs accordance mechanisms and regulations. Related party managed to gain the support of 10,366, whereas the minimum requirement is only 10 275 KTP," he explained. In line with his testimony, other witnesses, Zainudin, Mudazir, Hereri, Barliansyah, Budi Andi and Jumri also confirmed residents had managed to collect identity cards in accordance with procedures appropriate provisions. (Juliette / mh)