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Maruarar Siahaan as PPP\\'s Expert hearing the statement of Witnesses and Experts on Tuesday (23/7) in Panel 3 Courtroom of the Constitutional Court. Photo by Humas MK/Teguh.

JAKARTA, Public Relations of the Constitutional Court—-The Constitutional Court held the 2019 DPR-DPRD (House of Representatives-Regional Legislative Council) legislative election results dispute (PHPU) hearing on Tuesday (23/7/2019). The hearing presided over by Constitutional Justice I Dewa Gede Palguna, with Constitutional Justices Suhartoyo and Wahiduddin Adams, heard the statements of Witnesses and Experts from the Petitioners, Respondent, and Relevant Parties.

Previously, the United Development Party (PPP) at the hearing on Tuesday (9/7/2019) questioned the vote acquisition of the electoral district (dapil) of West Java 3 for the DPR seats, Dapil Bekasi City 2 for City DPRD seats, and Dapil Sukabumi City 3 for City DPRD seats. In case No. 102-10-12/PHPU.DPR-DPRD/XVII/2019, the Petitioner presented Maruarar Siahaan as the Expert related to authentic evidence for DPR RI case in Dapil West Java 3, in relation to the decision of the Election Organizer Ethics Council (DKPP) No. 109 of 2019 on violations of the election administrators ethics code. On the other hand, there was also a decision by the Election Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) regarding administrative violations by the Cianjur Regency KPU (General Elections Commission). "These two authentic pieces of evidence could be used as a guide, whether the principles of direct, public, free, confidential, honest, and fair in the elections have been implemented or not there,” he said. In addition, he mentioned legal grounds if the Petitioner requested a vote cancellation in the region.

The Petitioner\\'s witness for the DPR case of Dapil West Java 3, Saiful Anwar, revealed some irregularities in the performance of the Cianjur Regency KPU. He illustrated the opening of 6 ballot boxes in several subdistricts. "Even though the ballot boxes have been sealed," he explained.

Saiful also explained that some ballots were accidently exchanged between electoral districts. A Subdistrict Election Committee (PPK) was also ordered to take ballots to be submitted to another PPK.

Meanwhile, the Petitioner’s witness from Dapil Sukabumi City 3 for City DPRD seats, Dedi Amrullah, questioned the erroneous vote calculation because of data entry mistakes. "The number of vote acquisition did not match on the C1 and DA1 forms," he explained.

Responding to the statement of the Petitioner\\'s witness, Agus Duga Suara as the witness of the Cianjur Regency KPU stated that the Petitioner during the recapitulation process from the lower level to the subdistrict had never questioned the results of the vote recapitulation. This only occurred during the vote recapitulation in the city level. "Only after we have validated the vote recapitulation did they protest," he said.

Another witness for the Petitioner, Aminullah, questioned the hologrammed C1 which was not in accordance with the number of voters, especially for Dapil Bekasi City 2. Regarding this matter, Mustafa Kamal as the witness of the Respondent denied this because it had been corrected. "The [final voters list] DPT has been corrected and was accurate," he explained.

In the same session, the panel of justices also heard the statement of the witnesses and experts as well as approved of evidence of the Case No. 156-02-12/PHPU.DPR-DPRD/XVII/2019 by the Great Movement Party (Gerindra). They questioned the vote switch between two party candidates for Dapil Bogor City 1. During the hearing, they did not present any witnesses or experts.

The KPU presented Ujang Waras as a witness, who revealed that the Petitioner questioned the DA1 that did not match the DAA1. This objection, he added, had been solved. "This was according to the KPU\\'s decision. The Petitioner already knew about this revision," he explained. (Arif Satriantoro/LA/RD)

Translated by: FS/YW

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