Legal counsel Yustinus Bianglala delivering the petition at a preliminary hearing for the 2024 DPRD election results dispute of Sintang Regency 5 of West Kalimantan, Tuesday (4/30/2024). Photo by MKRI/Ifa.

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JAKARTA (MKRI) — The Great Movement Party (Gerindra) has filed a petition disputing the 2024 legislative election results to the Constitutional Court (MK) for the Regional Legislative Council (DPRD) members of the electoral district of Sintang Regency 5 of West Kalimantan Province. It alleges that the final voters list (DPT) and voters attendance list for the electoral district were manipulated.

“The vote acquisition for the third and last DPRD seat for the electoral district of Sintang Regency 5 according to the Petitioner is that Gerindra earned 4,672 votes while the Democratic Party earned 4,685 votes,” said the Petitioner’s legal counsel Yustinus Bianglala in the plenary courtroom on Tuesday, April 30, 2024.

The Petitioner alleges that the margin of 13 votes for the Democratic Party’s victory was due to fraud and was in violation of the principles of honest and fair election, especially by the polling station working committee (KPPS) of TPS (polling station) 002 of Nanga Tekungai Village, Serawal Subdistrict, which significantly affected the Petitioner’s votes and seats. It believes 15 ballots were used by ineligible voters, consisting of one deceased, 10 absentees, 2 minors, and 2 active voters.

In the petitum, the Petitioner requests that the Court annul the General Elections Commission (KPU) Decree No. 360 of 2024 on the certification of the 2024 nationwide legislative election results on March 20, 2024 in relation to the DPRD election of the electoral district of Sintang 5, West Kalimantan Province. It also requests the Court to declare the accurate vote acquisition: Democratic Party candidate 01 Agustinus Adena with 170 votes from initial 185, making the party’s total votes 4,670.

The Petitioner also requests the Court to certify the accurate vote acquisition for political parties and DPRD members of Sintang 5 for Gerindra and the Democratic Party after correction: Gerindra with 4,672 votes and the Democratic Party with 4,670 votes; to order the KPU (Respondent) to hold a revote at TPS 002 of Nanga Tekungai Village, Serawal Subdistrict and TPS 002 of Deme Village, Ambalau Subdistrict for Sintang Regency DPRD.

The case No. 284-01-02-20/PHPU.DPR-DPRD-XXII/2024 was heard by Chief Justice Suhartoyo and Constitutional Justices Daniel Yusmic P. Foekh and M. Guntur Hamzah in panel 1.

Author       : Mimi Kartika
Editor        : Lulu Anjarsari P.
PR            : Andhini S.F.
Translator  : Yuniar Widiastuti (RA)

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