The Petitioner’s attorney listening to the Decision for case No. 162-02-34/PHPU.DPR-DPRD/XVII/2019, 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) declared that the petition No. 162-02-34/PHPU.DPR-DPRD/XVII/2019 by Gerindra Party candidate Daud Indouw of Dapil West Papua DPR RI was finally rejected.   

"The decision heard, declares to reject the Petitioner\'s petition for the whole," said Chief Justice Anwar Usman before the other constitutional justices in the ruling hearing on Thursday (8/8/2019).

The Petitioner argued that there had been a ballot stuffing for several DPR candidates during the 2019 Legislative Election (Pileg) in the West Papua Electoral District (Dapil). This has led to decrease in the vote acquisition of the Petitioner. According to the Petitioner, he should have received 5,160 votes. However, the Respondent stated that the Petitioner\'s votes were 450 votes. Regarding this matter, the Petitioner suspected that there had been violations committed by the election organizer.

According to the Court, after examining the Petitioner\'s argument, the Petitioner was unable to explain in full the location of the TPS, the district, the sub-district that the Petitioner had questioned.

“Including the removal of C1, C1 Plano, DAA1, DAA Plano form. However, based on the facts revealed at the hearing, there was no convincing evidence presented by the Petitioner in the document," said Constitutional Justice Arief Hidayat who read the Court\'s opinion.

Furthermore, the evidence presented by the Petitioner was not strong enough to explain the existence of the switch of votes from one political party to another. Based on the statement of the Respondent\'s witness, the process of vote recapitulation at the provincial and sub-district levels went smoothly, with no objections from the parties. (Nano Tresna Arfana/LA/NB)

Translated by: FS/YW