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As been predicted, Applications on Elections Dispute (PHPU) were flooding in the last minutes. Constitutional Court’s (MK) front lobby is packed by Applicants, documents, and files of evidence. All applicants eventually registered their files, as narrow as three minutes before the registration closed at 23:51. On percentage, Applications from local council (DPD) and from political party is bigger than 2009’s elections.

PHPU registration was closed at 23:51, Monday (12/51). MK’s General Secretary Janedjri M. Gaffar said that based on the data, 12 parties and 2 Aceh local parties are listed as applicants to plead on PHPU. It means only one party, Aceh Party which not complaint about the result generated by General Elections Commission (KPU).   

Meanwhile, there are 30 personal applicants for DPD. “Thirty individual applicants are DPD candidates from 19 provinces. Hence, some provinces have more than one applicant. Southeast Sulawesi has two applicants, Banten three, and East Java has two” Janedjri said.  

Compared to 2009’s election, complaints from DPD candidates have increased, according to Janedjri. In 2009 there were only 27 applications, but for this year 30 applicants are listed. All parties have submitted their complaints.

After the closing registration, MK will verify all the applications, the verification process will generate three outputs, Received Applications Files (APPP), Completed Application Files (APL), and Uncompleted Application Files (APTL). After all applications been verified, the APTL will be given to the uncompleted documents and in the next 3x24 the applications shall be completed. Thus, the due will be on 15 May 2014, at 23:51.  

 “We have informed that tomorrow morning at 8.00 AM, Election participants must come to MK to achieve verification files” Janedjri added.

Ground of Application

Before the registration closed, party representatives officially registered their documents. Ahmad Yani, Central Chief Commission of United Development Party (PPP) came by himself to register PPP complaints. “We register 5 from DPR RI and 48 from provinces” Yani said.  

His party is not addressing money politics, PPP will focus on fake votes which has harmed PPP electoral result. However, Ahmad Yani won’t ask to redo the elections. Ahmad fusses about the narrow schedule, saying it needs more time to compile every case.

Aside from PPP, Gerindra Party are not taking dispute between candidates to MK. Alex, attorney from Gerindra said that candidates disputes will only be solved internally. Gerindra asked MK to decide the result as they wished. In other words, Gerindra wants MK to cancel KPU’s official recap because it harms Gerindra’s vote

The winning party, PDI-P is pleading as well. Its attorney Sirra Prayuna stated that his party found indication on fake votes in every level. PDI-P reportedly brought up 34 internal disputes to MK. 

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