The Constitutional Court ( MK ) decided not to accept Dispute Election petition filed by Riau Province would be candidates Wan Abu Bakar - Isjoni in case number 127/PHPU.D-XI/2013 and decide rejected candidates Achmad - Masrul Kasmy in case number 128/PHPU.D-XI/2013 . The verdict was pronounced by the Deputy Chief Justice Hamdan Zoelva presiding over the pronunciation of the verdict Wednesday (10/09/2013). 

According to the Court, the Commission Riau Province as the Respondent in this case has been carrying out the administration and verification of factual verification in accordance with the legislation in force, both in the early stages of verification, repair verification period, as well as verification after Pekanbaru Administrative Court Decree Number 21/G/2013/PTUN - PBR, dated July 3, 2013.

While the petition filed by the incumbent regent Rokan Hulu, Achmad, who teamed up with Vice Regent Meranti Islands, Masrul Kasmy, in consideration of the Court considered Petitioner’s argument regarding the fraud committed by the candidate number 1 Herman Abdullah - Agus Widayat, as well as candidates number 2, Annas Maamun - Arsyadjuliandi Rachman, in the election of Riau Province, by way of deploying and intimidate civil servants is not clear for the deployment of the candidates which one. With these considerations, the argument of the applicant regarding the deployment and intimidation of civil servants is not proven.

In addition, according to photographic evidence that Petitioner is voter derived from South Labuan Batu, North Sumatra Province, according to the Court, the evidence also does not give confidence to the Court that it happens in a structured, systematic, and massive that significantly affect their sound acquisition each pair of candidates. Therefore, according to the Court, Petitioner’s argument is not unreasonable under the law. (Ilham/mh)