The Petitioner’s attorney Samuel David inthe ruling pronouncement of the 2019 DPR-DPRD PHPU of Central Sulawesi Province, Friday (9/8) in the Plenary Courtroom of the Constitutional Court. Photo by Humas MK/Ifa.

JAKARTA, Public Relations of the Constitutional Court—The Constitutional Court (MK) annulled the General Elections Commission’s (KPU) Decree No. 987/PL.01.8-Kpt/06/KPU/V/2019 on the vote acquisition of Regency DPRD Candidate from Dapil Sigi 5. The Court also ordered the KPU (Respondent) to hold a revote at TPS 1 of Bolobia Village, Kinovaro Sub-district, Sigi Regency within 14 working days after the pronouncement of the Constitutional Court\'s Decision.

Such is the verdict of Decision No. 86-03-26/PHPU.DPR-DPRD/XVII/2019 in the 2019 DPR-DPRD (House of Representatives-Regional Legislative Council) legislative election results dispute (PHPU) of Central Sulawesi Province. The petition was submitted by the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP).

"Grants the Petitioner\'s petition regarding the vote acquisition of DPRD Candidate of Dapil Sigi 5 in part," said Chief Justice Anwar Usman in a hearing held on Friday (9/8/2019) in the Plenary Courtroom of the Constitutional Court.

Constitutional Justice Suhartoyo read out the Court\'s legal considerations that based on the Petitioner\'s argument that during plenary meeting at Kinovaro Sub-district on April 28, 2019 no C7 form was found in the ballot box at TPS 1 of Bolobia Village. On this issue, the Court considered the C7 form an important document in the implementation of the general elections, listing present eligible voters. In addition, Justice Suhartoyo added, C7 form also became a document used by KPPS officials to ensure that registered voters voted and used their voting rights. Without filling C7, voters could use their voting rights more than once. So this C7 form is important to prevent unscrupulous individuals from committing irregularities or fraud in the general elections.

In addition, the Court also believes that C7 form was a document used to calculate by previously matching the attendance list of voters who used their voting rights. In the absence of this form, the purity of voters cannot be ensured. "For the sake of upholding justice, a revote must be carried out," Justice Suhartoyo said in the hearing chaired by Chief Justice Anwar Usman, accompanied by the other eight constitutional justices. (Sri Pujianti/NRA)

Translated by: Yuniar Widiastuti