Constitutional Justices (left to right) Aswanto, Usman, I Dewa Gede Palguna in ruling pronouncement of the 2019 DPR-DPRD PHPU of the East Nusa Tenggara Province (NTT), Tuesday (6/8) in the Courtroom of the Constitutional Court. Photo by Humas MK/Ganie.

JAKARTA, Public Relations of the Constitutional Court—The Constitutional Court (MK) dismissed the petition of Berkarya Party in the 2019 DPR-DPRD (House of Representatives-Regional Legislative Council) election results dispute (PHPU) on East Nusa Tenggara Province (NTT).

"Declaring the petition of the Petitioner to be discontinued," said Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court Anwar Usman, before the other constitutional justices, in the ruling hearing of Decree No. 217-07-19/PHPU.DPR-DPRD/XVII/2019, Tuesday (6/8/2019) in the Courtroom of the Constitutional Court.

The Constitutional Court in its legal consideration stated that the Petitioner\'s petition was received by the Registrar\'s Office on May 24, 2019 at 23:00 WIB and recorded in the Constitutional Case Registration Book (BRPK) on July 1, 2019 at 13:00 WIB. Regarding to the Petitioner’s petition, the Constitutional Court has issued a decree of the Chief Justice about the Formation of Panel of Justices to examine the petition.

Then, the Constitutional Court held a preliminary examination on July 10, 2019 to examine the completeness and clarity of the petition’s material and verifying the Petitioner\'s evidence. The Petitioner was legally and properly summoned to attend the hearing through the letter of the Constitutional Court No. 323/Sid.Pen/DPR-DPRD/PAN.MK/07/2019, dated July 3, 2019.

However, the Petitioner or attorney did not attend the hearing without a valid reason. "Therefore, according to the Court, the Petitioner was considered not sincere and does not intend to continue the case submitted, and for this reason the Petitioner’s a quo petition must be declared dismissed," said Justice Anwar. (Nano Tresna Arfana/NRA)

Translated by: MJK/YW