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Chairperson of the Plenary of Constitutional Justices Anwar Usman who was accompanied by other Constitutional Justices read out Decision No. 21/PHP.KOT-XIX/2021 of the 2020 Banjarmasin Mayor Election Results Dispute, South Kalimantan Province, which was held online from the Plenary Court Room, Monday (22/3 ). Photo: PR/Teguh.

JAKARTA, PUBLIC RELATIONS – The Constitutional Court (MK) held a ruling hearing of Decision No. 21/PHP.KOT-XIX/2021 Banjarmasin Mayor Election Results Dispute, Monday evening (22/3/2021). The application was filled by Candidate Pair No. 4 Ananda and Mushaffa Zakir. The Court had granted partly of Ananda-Mushaffa's petition.

"[The Court] granted the Petitioner's petition in part," said the Plenary Chairperson of the Constitutional Justices Anwar Usman along with eight Constitutional Justices in the hearing which was held online from the Plenary Court Room of the Constitutional Court.

The Court also annulled Banjarmasin General Election Commission (KPU) Decree No. 245/PL.02.6-Kpt/6371/KPU-Kot/XII/2020 concerning Determination of Vote Count Results Recapitulation, dated December 15, 2020, as long as regarding the votes acquired by each pair of candidates at the Poling Stations (TPSs) in 3 villages, namely Mantuil Village, Murung Raya Village and Basirih Selatan Village, South Banjarmasin District.

Furthermore, the Court ordered Banjarmasin KPU to carry out re-voting (PSU) at all polling stations in those 3 villages no later than 30 working days from the pronouncement of this decision. The Court also ordered to appoint the Chairperson and Members of Polling Station Working Committee (KPPS) as well as the new Chair and Members of Sub-District Election Committee (PPK) in those 3 districts.

In the hearing session, Constitutional Justice Aswanto explained the legal considerations of the verdict. Based on the Petitioner’s statement, witnesses, as well as statements from the Respondent (KPU), Relevant Party and Election Supervisory Body (Bawaslu), the Court believed that the Petitioner's argument related to fraud in the voting and counting processes, including the mobilization of voters and the number of voters who did not meet the requirements were legally grounded.

 

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Translation uploaded on 03/23/2021 at 23.05 WIB

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