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Monday, February 15, 2021 | 11:49 WIB

Chief Justice Anwar Usman reading out the decision on the 2020 Konawe Islands regency election results dispute case, Monday (15/2/2021) in the Courtroom of the Constitutional Court. Photo by Humas MK/Ifa.

JAKARTA, Public Relations of the Constitutional Court—The Constitutional Court (MK) declares it didn’t have the authority to examine the petition filed by Konawe Islands Candidate Pair No. 4 Muhammad Oheo Sinapoy-Muttaqin Siddiq. The Court’s decree was read out by Chief Justice Anwar Usman alongside the other eight constitutional justices on Monday, February 15, 2021 in the plenary courtroom.

In its legal considerations for case No. 07/PHP.BUP-XIX/2021, at the preliminary hearing, the Court stated it had asked the Petitioner to confirm a petition withdrawal request with their signatures. However, the Petitioner denied the letter and stressed that they didn’t know Adnis Tria Yuda Nugroho, whose name was on the receipt. The Court was then convinced that the letter was faked.

Justice Anwar explained that the Court continued its examination of the petition, but it found that the object was the minute and certification of the Konawe Islands Regency vote counting recapitulation when the Constitutional Court Regulation (PMK) No. 6 of 2020 stipulates that the object of a regional head election (pilkada) results dispute case is the Respondent’s decree on the certification of the election results that might significantly affect the winning candidate. Therefore, the Court wasn’t authorized to decide on the petition.

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At the preliminary hearing, the Petitioner alleged that the vote counting results of the four candidate pairs in the election weren’t reflected in the online system. The system is used to print the D model as a minute and the vote counting recapitulation certificate that displays the recapitulation data of all 101 polling stations (TPS) in the regency.

They also alleged that the KPU and the other candidate pairs had violated the COVID-19 protocols by holding a socialization event involving more than 50 people, and that the Konawe Islands KPU and Bawaslu as law enforcement authorities and the Relevant Party didn’t prohibit or disband the crowd.

Writer: Utami Argawati
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Translation uploaded on 02/15/2021 13:40 WIB

Disclaimer: The original version of the news is in Indonesian. In case of any differences between the English and the Indonesian version, the Indonesian version will prevail.

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