“Instructing General Elections Committee of Southeast Sulawei in casu General Elections Committee of Kendari to undergo recalculations for DPRD candidate in all TPS of Kadia District.” Recited Sentence as Head of MK, Hamdan Zoelva delivered in Sentence Trial which held on Thursday (26/06).

The PDIP-filed complaint adjudicates violated act of result changing, this was nodded by the Court as indication of illegal meeting amongst PPK and PPS members is sound. MK sees the act has harmed election’s basic principles.

Uncompleted evidences from the Defendant (KPU) of C and D forms were also taken as consideration as well as blurry handwriting to parties’ vote acquisition. The bad form of handwriting led to unclear result and is vulnerable to any violated acts. Those events are clearly harmed ethical code of the elections.     

Besides, abandoning recommendation from Bawaslu is subject on violated acts as determined in Article 9 verse (1) letter k Act 15/2011 of Committing General Elections. The article regulated that the duty of Province KPU is to immediately respond Bawaslu’s recommendation. The careless acts as occurred in Kadia, has hurt every single ethical code of the elections committee. The committee may be seen unreliable due to the event.

“To regain trust from the society, The Court must inspect KPU kendari to conduct recalculation of DPRD candidate in all TPS in Kadia District,” Justice Anwar Usman said.

Rejected and Unacceptable

Aside from listed sentence, MK rejects lawsuits of Democratic Party, National Democratic Party (Nasdem), and National Mandate Party (PAN) after the lawsuits contain no convincing evidences.

Meanwhile, lawsuits of Crescent Star Party (PBB), United Development Party (PPP), People’s Conscience Party (Hanura), Justice and United Indonesia Party (PKPI), Nasdem Party are considered unacceptable due to the deceiving pleadings.(Panji Erawan/mh/kun)