Petitioner Edwin Pratama Putra and legal counsel Yupen Hadi at a hearing of the 2024 legislative election results dispute of Riau Province, Monday (4/29/2024). Photo by MKRI/Ifa.

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JAKARTA (MKRI) — The Constitutional Court (MK) held the preliminary hearing for dispute over the results of the 2024 election of the Regional Representatives Council (DPD) of Riau Province on Monday morning, April 29, 2024, in the plenary courtroom. The case No. 77-02-10-16/PHPU.DPR-DPRD-XXII/2024 was petitioned by a DPD candidate of the electoral district (dapil) of Riau Province Edwin Pratama Putra.

The Petitioner, who was present at the Court hearing, said that the petition was not merely a matter of winning and losing. “It is also not a matter of [my] votes being lower than other candidates in the recapitulation results. [I] came from Riau to the Court as a form of moral responsibility and [my] concern over the dirty practices of election fraud that occurred in Riau Province, especially related to the Regional Representatives Council,” he said in front of the panel chaired by Chief Justice Suhartoyo.

He asserted based on his knowledge and data and facts obtained in the field, the implementation of election was very chaotic and full of fraud and violation of the election rules that have been determined and applied in this country.

“[I] strongly suspect that specifically in Riau Province the nomination of DPD RI insulted our common sense and the process in the nation and state in a structured, systematic, and massive manner in,” he explained.

He stressed that he had found that 1,400 polling stations (TPS) in Riau Province had not used the C-Result forms as the basis for calculation. However, Bawaslu (Elections Supervisory Body) could only be presented by the Indragiri Hilir KPUD with only 300 C-Result forms.

“[I] saw that the C copies that should not have been uploaded to [electronic recapitulation information system applications] Sirekap and removed again should not have been the basis for calculation,” said the Petitioner.

Then, legal counsel Yupen Hadi explained that at the time of recapitulation at the regency level, an objection was filed to the Respondent regarding the acquisition in the DA Result forms of 130 votes at TPS 43 in Langgini Village, Bangkinang Kota Subdistrict. The Petitioner argued that the KPU (Respondent) was reluctant to juxtapose the C-Result forms and the C-Copies or C-Plano forms and C7 Model forms.

“The Petitioner found again a reduction of 100 votes at TPS 20 in Langgini Village, Bangkinang Subdistrict and the Petitioner only wanted to return 100 votes and still did not want to compare the C-Result forms with the C-Copies and the C7 Model forms of voter attendance lists,” said Yupen.

As a result of the Respondent’s actions, the Petitioner finally made a report to Bawaslu for alleged administrative violations and indications of falsification of C-Result forms and C-Copies data that did not reflect the actual circumstances and have been damaged because they have been signed by the person who should have signed in witness column, especially in 6 regencies in Riau Province.

Therefore, the Petitioner requests the cancellation of the vote count recapitulation by the Respondent for Riau Province.

Author               : Utami Argawati
Editor               : Lulu Anjarsari P.
PR                    : Andhini S.F.
Translator         : M. Ariva Aswin Bahar, Yuniar W.

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

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