The Petitioner’s attorney Zufiansyah leaving the hearing after the verdict pronouncement on the 2019 DPR-DPR PHPU of Aceh Province, Thursday (8/8) in the Plenary Courtroom of the Constitutional Court. Photo by Humas MK/Ganie.

JAKARTA, Public Relations of the Constitutional Court—The Constitutional Court (MK) held a ruling pronouncement for case No. 66-14-01/PHPU.DPR-DPRD/XVII/2019 by the Democratic Party. The verdict in the Election Results Dispute (PHPU) case of Aceh Province was for the Election of DPRK (Aceh Regency Legislative Council) and DPRA (Aceh Legislative Council).

“Petitioner’s petition in Dapil Aceh Singkil 3 for the election of Aceh Singkil DPRK members cannot be accepted. Rejects the Petitioner\'s petition for the rest,” said plenary chairperson Chief Justice Anwar Usman, before the other constitutional justices, in the ruling hearing, Thursday (8/8/2019) in the Plenary Courtroom of the Constitutional Court.

The Petitioner argued the issue of the Election of DPRA Members in Dapil East Aceh 6, which was submitted individually by Democratic Candidate No. 1 Iqbal Faraby. There was a ballot stuffing for the Democratic No. 2 Muhammad Yunus during the legislative elections in Aceh. The Petitioner suspected that this was due to the KPU’s (Respondent) negligence in the vote recapitulation results. However, this was denied by the Respondent.

The Democratic party’s petition was also related to the DPRK Dapil Aceh Timur 3, DPRK Dapil Aceh Singkil 3, and DPRK Dapil Aceh Timur 4. Regarding their petition for the DPRK Aceh Singkil 3, the petitum did not mention the annulment of the KPU\'s decision on the determination of votes.

Constitutional Justice Enny Nurbaningsih read out the legal considerations for the Democratic Party’s petition for the DPRA Dapil Timur Aceh. “The Court considered for election of DPRA member Dapil Timur Aceh 6, that there were additional votes for Muhammad Yunus, which was done through the DPRA DA1 form. However, it is not supported by evidence and strong reasons. In addition, the Petitioner did not elaborate in detail at which TPS the additional votes occurred," said Justice Enny. (Nano Tresna Arfana/NRA/NB)

Translated by: MJK/YW