The Chairperson of the Election Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) of Central Kalimantan (Kalteng) Province, Satriadi, responding to the petition of the Petitioner on the 2019 DPR-DPRD PHPU of Central Kalimantan and Bali Provinces on Wednesday (17/7) at the Panel Courtroom of the Constitutional Court. Photo by Humas MK/Ganie.

JAKARTA, Public Relations of the Constitutional Court—The Chairperson of the Central Kalimantan Election Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) Satriadi responded to the arguments of the Golkar Party in petition No. 172-04-21/PHPU.DPR-DPRD/XVII/2019 of an alleged violation during the voting and a vote count result dispute in the electoral district (Dapil) of Kapuas 1 of the Kapuas Regency DPRD.

“On the day of voting and vote counting on April 17, 2019 there were no suspected violations. The voting process went according to procedure; voters who came had brought the C6 [form] to use their right to vote. The election was normal. During the voting and counting process there were no objections from witnesses of the contesting parties," Satriadi said before Panel 2 Court in the DPR-DPRD (House of Representatives-Regional Legislative Council) Election Results Dispute (PHPU) at the Constitutional Court (MK) on Wednesday (17/7) at 13.30 WIB.

Previously, the Golkar Party (Petitioner) discovered that at TPS 36 Selat Sub-district in Kapuas Regency, there had been a fatal violation in the election, because there were deceased voters, voters who moved domicile, double voters, and voters who were not present at the election in the DPT (final voters list) in the 2019 legislative election.

"The dispute over the results of the vote counting was resolved by comparing and recounting at the plenary meeting of the Selat Subdistrict, Kapuas Regency, Central Kalimantan Province," Satriadi said before the panel of justices led by Deputy Chief Justice Aswanto, with Constitutional Justices Saldi Isra and Manahan M. P. Sitompul on the bench.

Furthermore, Satriadi explained that after a protest from the Golkar Party Witnesses, based on the agreement of the witnesses, Subdistrict Election Supervisory Committee (Panwascam), and Sub-district Election Committee (PPK), a comparison of the data of votes obtained by each party was made. Discrepancies were found and the witnesses had requested a revote.

"From the results of the revote, a revision of the number of votes was made and approved by all witnesses and Selat PPK and there were no more problems. Nevertheless, at the regency plenary meeting, witnesses from the Golkar Party expressed their objection again," said Satriadi.

Meanwhile, on the 2019 DPR-DPRD PHPU in the Dapil of Bali Province, the KPU responded to the petition of the Gerindra Party No. 153-02-17/PHPU.DPR-DPRD/XVII/2019. “In the recapitulation of the vote count in the election of the Bali Province DPRD members, there was no difference between the vote acquisition data of the Petitioner and the Respondent. Then, in the recapitulation at the provincial level, no objections were expressed by witnesses from all political parties," said the KPU\'s attorney, Ibnu Sina.

Bali Provincial Bawaslu’s Legal, Data, and Information Division Coordinator I Dewa Kade Wiarsa Raka Sandi explained that the vote acquisition of the Gerindra Party as the Petitioner who questioned the Democratic Party\'s votes, according to the results of supervision by the Bali Provincial Bawaslu, had been recorded in the original report of the Bali Provincial Bawaslu and the evidence has been submitted to the Constitutional Court. (Nano Tresna Arfana/NRA)

Translated by: MJK/YW