Petitioner’s legal counsel, Lalu Rusdi at the preliminary hearing for the Legislative Election Result Dispute (PHPU) in the Panel Courtroom on Thursday (2/5/2024). Photo by MKRI/Teguh

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JAKARTA (MKRI) — DRPD candidate Lalu Syarifuddin  from the National Democratic Party (NASDEM) alleged the unfairness of the vote acquisition in the NTB 8. The Preliminary Hearing of the Election Dispute Result (PHPU) of the House of Representatives (DPR), Provincial Regional Legislative Council (DPRD), Regency/City DPRD of 2024 (PHPU DPR/DPRD) from Case No. 41-01-08-18 / PHPU.DPR-DPRD-XXII / 2024 was held on Thursday (2/5 / 2024).

In the hearing panel 2 presided over by Deputy Chief Justice Saldi Isra and Constitutional Justices Ridwan Mansyur and Arsul Sani, Petitioner requested the Court to cancel the General Elections Commission (KPU) Decree No. 360 of 2024 on Stipulation of PHPU on the certification of the 2024 legislative election results of the President and Vice President, DPR, DPD (Regional Representatives Council), and Provincial and Regency/City DPRD announced nationally in the 2024 Election on Wednesday, March 20, 2024 at 22:19 WIB. 

In further explanation, Lalu Rusdi as the legal counsel said that during the recapitulation at the Central Lombok Regency level, the recapitulation process lacked transparency as it wasn't witnessed by all party representatives present. The review process was only carried out by the PPK Jonggat District unilaterally, as a result the Petitioner lost 375 votes. This also resulted in the Petitioner shifting to 8th place after the last seat obtained by the National Awakening Party (PKB) because the Petitioner's votes fell to 19,429 votes from what should have been 20,642 votes. The main problem occurred due to the addition of PKB votes in five sub-districts, namely Pujut, Jonggat, West Praya, Southwest Praya, and East Praya.

Based on all of these arguments, the Petitioner requests the Court to determine the accurate vote acquisition results according to the Petitioner for filling the NTB Provincial DPRD in NTB 8. Specifically, NasDem obtained 20,642 votes, securing the 7th seat," stated Ardany Zulfiqar as he read out one of the Petitioner's petitions..

Author       : Sri Pujianti
Editor        : Nur R.
Translator  : Frity Michael Br Sembiring/Fuad Subhan

 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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