Court Commands South Sumatra Commission Re-Voting
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Constitutional Court partially granted the petition in a dispute over the results of the election dispute regional head of South Sumatra Province. "To grant the petition in part," said Chief Justice of Constitutional Court M. Akil Mochtar said on Thursday (11/7) afternoon, at the Plenary Room.

"Ordered to the Electoral Commission of South Sumatra Province to implement the Election Re-voting to: a. All polling stations in the District of Eastern Ogan Komering Ulu, b. All polling stations in the district of Ogan Komering Ulu, c. All polling stations in Palembang city, d. All polling stations in Prabumulih city e. All polling stations in South Warkuk Ranau Sub districts in South Ogan Komering Ulu," Akil said.

Further the Court ordered the Electoral Commission of South Sumatra Province (Respondent), Election Commission, Election Supervisory Board of South Sumatra Province, and the Election Supervisory Board, to report to the Court re-voting implementation no later than 90 days after the verdict is pronounced.

The decision contained in the Decision on Case No. 79/PHPU.D-XI/2013 filed by Candidate Governor and Deputy Governor Number 3 Herman Deru - Maphilinda Boer. In its decision the Court stated that the Related Party Candidate Alex Noerdin (incumbent Governor) - Ishak Mekki, proved to have violated a structured, systematic and massive.

The two offenses namely, first, the Related Parties have made use of the tiered bureaucracy to his winning and second, the use of a systematic violation of Revenue and Expenditure (Budget). "According to the Court, Petitioner quo proven and legal grounds," said Ahmad Fadlil Sumadi.

After Court examined carefully the arguments and evidence and the applicant to Related Party, said Fadlil Sumadi, the Court believes that the Related Party convicted mobilization efforts of the village heads in South Warkuk Ranau District to win the Related Parties. "Moreover, based on the evidence presented, the Related Parties cannot prove that the Letter of Head South Warkuk Ranau 270/63/KEC.WRS/2013 number has been revoked and is no longer valid. If the letter has been revoked, quod non, but the letter has been circulating in the district of South Warkuk Ranau," he said.

In addition, said Fadlil, the Court believes that the incumbent Alex Noerdin as Governor of South Sumatra provincial budget has been using for his victory in the General Election in 2013 the South Sumatra conducted in a structured, systematic and massive. Trial where the facts prove that there was a flow of social assistance funds provided by the incumbent Governor of the public and social organizations are granted by the Governor of South Sumatra 96/KPTS/BPKAD/2013 Number of Grant Recipients and Social Assistance and On Budget South Sumatra Provincial Expenditure for Fiscal Year 2013 dated January 21, 2013 with a total budget of Rp. 1,492,704,039,000.00.

"According to the Court, the provision of grants and social assistance is very unnatural, not selective, and seemed forced because it was given before the implementation of the General Election of South Sumatra Province in 2013, so it should be assumed the existence of a covert campaign that used by the Related Party as the incumbent governor by leveraging budget South Sumatra province," said Fadlil.

As for petition 80/PHPU.D-XI/2013 filed by Candidate Number 1 Eddy Santana Putra - Anisja Djuita Supriyanto, suspended imposition of judgment until the implementation of the re-voting. "Postponed until the implementation of Decision No. 79/PHPU.D-XI/2013, dated July 11, 2013," Akil said.

In addition, on the same occasion the Court also held pronunciation withdrawal in case number 78/PHPU.D-XI/2013 filed by Candidate Number 2 Iskandar Hasan - Achmad Hafisz Tohir. (Dodi / mh)


Thursday, July 11, 2013 | 18:17 WIB 92