Muhammad Rizal as the petitioner’s legal counsel, giving his statement at the hearing of Case Number 133-01-05-38/PHPU.DPR-DPRD-XXII/2024 on the 2024 General Election Results Dispute. Tuesday April 30, 2024. Public Relations / Bayu.

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JAKARTA, MKRI – The Constitutional Court held a preliminary hearing on the Dispute over General Election Results (PHPU) of the Sorong Regency Regional Legislative Council (DPRD) Electoral District  (Dapil) Sorong 1 on Case Number 133-01-05-38/PHPU.DPR-DPRD-XXII/2024 in Panel Court Room 3 of the Court, Tuesday morning, April 30, 2024. presided over by the Constitutional Justices Arief Hidayat (panel chair), Anwar Usman, and Enny Nurbaningsih

The petitioner in this case,The National Democratic Party (NasDem), represented by its Chairman Surya Paloh and Secretary General Hermawi Taslim.

Muhammad Rizal, the legal counsel, argued that there's a difference in the vote count between the National Democratic Party (NasDem) and the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) in Sorong 1. The petitioner claimed that NasDem should have 1,268 votes, while the respondent stated 1,280. For PKS, the petitioner said 1,105 votes, but the respondent recorded 1,344 votes.

"According to the Petitioner, Nasdem received 1,280 votes. However, based on our count, NasDem should have received 1,268 votes. As for PKS, 1,344 votes according to the Respondent, while according to our count it was 1,105 votes," said Muhammad Rizal.

The petitioner also argued that there had been a violation caused by the Chairman of the polling station working committee (KPPS) at TPS 7 Malawele Village, Aimas District, Sorong Regency. Then, one of the KPPS members at TPS 18 Malawele Village, Aimas District, Sorong Regency has been a member of a political party and also a Legislative Candidate from the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS).

"There are candidates who become KPPS chairmen and KPPS members at TPS 7 and TPS 18," said Muhammad Rizal.

The petition had been reported to the Sorong Regency Elections Supervisory Body (Bawaslu). However, the report was not accepted on the grounds that it had passed the deadline.

"One of the Elections Supervisory Body (Bawaslu) secretaries said that this complaint had passed the deadline since the recommendation from Bawaslu was only 10 days to Recount the votes, until now there has been no noble follow-up," said Muhammad Rizal.

Considering the arguments stated, the Petitioner asks the Court to cancel the General Election Commission Decision Number 360 of 2024 and determine the correct vote acquisition results according to the Petitioner, or order the Respondent to conduct a recount of votes. 

Penulis: Adam Ilyas
Editor: Lulu Anjarsari P.
Humas: Tiara Agustina

Translator: Siti Nurhaliza (RA)

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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