The Constitutional Court (MK) held a hearing on Case No. 283-01-03-06/PHPU.DPR-DPRD-XXII/2024 led by Constitutional Justice Arief Hidayat, accompanied by Constitutional Justices Anwar Usman and Constitutional Judge Enny Nurbaningsih on Thursday (2/5/2024). Photo by MKRI/Bayu

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JAKARTA, MKRI – The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) filed the 2024 general election results dispute (PHPU) to the Court for Electoral District (Dapil) 2 Palembang. The preliminary hearing took place on Thursday, May 2, 2024. The hearing was presided over by Constitutional Justices Arief Hidayat (panel chair), Anwar Usman, and Enny Nurbaningsih.

At the hearing, it was revealed that PDI-P (the Petitioner) submitted the revised petition late so that the valid and usable petition was the first petition submitted on March 23, 2024.

"The Respondent and the Petitioner, please note that in this case, the petition that will be used is the petition submitted by the Petitioner on March 23, 2024, which means that the revised petition cannot be used because it has passed the deadline for revised petition submission," said the Constitutional Justice Arief Hidayat.

The Petitioner's legal counsel, Zeldi Dwitama, stated that there were valid votes missing in 10 polling stations (TPS).

"We believed that the Petitioner received 23,254 votes, but the Respondent certified 23,484 votes. So there is a difference of 230 votes. Then, according to the Respondent, the NasDem received 7,828 votes, while it should have received 7,751 votes, there is a difference of 77 votes," said Zeldi Dwitama.

The alleged violations occurred in Sukarami Subdistrict, which consists of Talang Jambe (TPS 2, 55, 57), Sukabangun (TPS 21), Kebun Bunga TPS 85, 86), Sukarami (TPS 17, 42) and Sukajaya villages (TPS 20, 52). The error occurred during the recapitulation from C Plano and C Results to D Results.

In the petitum of Case No. 283-01-03-06/PHPU.DPR-DPRD-XXII/2024 read out by Zeldi at the hearing, the Petitioner requests the Court to cancel KPU Decree No. 360 of 2024 related to the aquo case and certify the correct vote acquisition results according the Petitioner version for DPRD election in Palembang 2,  Sukarami, Kemuning, and Alang-Alang Lebar Subdistricts.

Author          : Siti Rosmalina Nurhayati

Editor         : Nur R.

Translator : Intana Selvira Fauzi/Fuad Subhan (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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