Court Orders Re-Voting at All Polling Stations in Lebak District
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Constitutional Court orders the Election Commission to implement Lebak re-voting at all polling stations in Lebak Regency. In addition, Election Commission, Bawaslu, Banten Election Commission, Banten Bawaslu and Lebak Supervisory Committee also instructed to oversee the implementation of the re-voting in accordance with their authority.

Thus Constitutional Court interlocutory on the pronunciation of the trial court judgment Electoral Dispute Regional Head and Deputy Head of Lebak Banten filed by couples No. 2 Amir Hamzah - Kasmin, Tuesday (1/10), led by Chief Justice M. Akil Mochtar.

In the content of the ruling, the Court also ordered Lebak Regency, KPU, Bawaslu, KPU Banten, Banten Bawaslu and Lebak Supervisory Committee to report to the implementation of the ruling of the Court no later than 90 days after the verdict is pronounced.

One of Petitioner’s arguments is legally proven about the involvement of the Regent of Lebak, Mulyadi Jayabaya which incidentally biological father of Candidate No. 3, Iti Octavia Jayabaya (Related Party) in his daughter’s winning effort. In ways that did by Mulyadi Jayabaya in winning his biological daughter that is using his position in official events. At official events as the Regent of Lebak, Mulyadi proven asked the participants the official events to support and win his daughter.

According to the Court, the Regent of Lebak actions have violated human rights, the provisions of campaigning in the Local Government Act, and contrary to the principle nullus / commodum capere nemo potest de injuria sua propria, which is that no one should be disadvantaged by irregularities and violations committed by himself and not a also be affected by irregularities and violations committed by others.

 

Because Petitioner’s arguments mentioned above proved according to law, the Court decided to order re-voting at all polling stations in the district of Lebak. "According to the Court, to restore public confidence and legitimacy for the holding of the General Election in Lebak regency, need to be re-voting in all polling stations in the district of Lebak. Implementation of this decision should be with close supervision by the Election Commission, Board of Supervisors Election, Election Commission of Banten, Banten Election Supervisory Board, and the Election Supervisory Committee Lebak regency, and had to make a report on the implementation of the re-voting and delivered to the Court," the judge Ahmad Fadlil Sumadi said in the verdict numbered 111/PHPU.D-XI/2013. ( Yusti Nurul Agustin / mh )


Tuesday, October 01, 2013 | 21:48 WIB 143