Erwin Edison as the petitioner legal counsel after submitting the petition at the General Election Dispute hearing for Members of the DPR RI, Provincial DPRD, Regency / City DPRD of North Sumatra Province Dapil DELI SERDANG 4 Year 2024, on Thursday (2/05) in Constitutional Court Building. Photo by MKRI/Ifa.

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JAKARTA, MKRI – Mangandar Marpaung, a candidate for the Deli Serdang Regency DPRD from the Great Movement Party (Gerindra), filed a Dispute over the General Election Results for Members of House of Representatives (DPR), Provincial and Regency/City DPRD (Regional Legislative Council), Regency / City DPRD in 2024 (PHPU DPR / DPRD) to the Constitutional Court (MK). The inaugural hearing of Case No. 207-02-02-02/PHPU.DPR-DPRD-XXII/2024 was conducted by panel 1—Chief Justice Suhartoyo (panel chair) and Constitutional Justices Daniel Yusmic P. Foekh and M. Guntur Hamzah.

"In essence, our internal Gerindra Party Individual Mangadar Marpaung number 2 against Suryani number 9 for Deli Serdang Regency 4 DPRD," said Erwin Edison as legal counsel.

The petitioner claimed that Suriani should have received 5,179 votes, while the petitioner themselves should have obtained 6,173 votes. However, the KPU (respondent) added 1,180 votes to Suriani's tally. According to the petitioner, this difference in vote was due to a change in the vote tally of the Gerindra Party and the vote of the Gerindra Party's candidate for Deli Serdang Regency DPRD during the vote calculation of the 2024 General Election in Kutalimbaru District.

"The vote acquisition of the Gerindra Party and the votes of the Deli Serdang Regency DPRD candidates based on Form C Results with Form D Results There are differences and additional shifts in 14 villages and 123 polling stations in 1 Kutalimbaru District," said Erwin.

For this reason, the petitioner requests that the Court cancel the General Election Commission Decree No. 360 of 2024 for Kutalimbaru Sub-District, Deli Serdang 4 for the Deli Serdang Regency DPRD and determine the vote acquisition in accordance with the petitioner’s calculation.

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

Translator: Siti Nurhaliza (RA)

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