The Respondent and legal counsels at a hearing for the 2024 legislative election results dispute for case No. 27-01-13-36/PHPU.DPR-DPRD-XXII/2024 on Panel 3, Monday (5/6/2024). Photo by MKRI/Bayu.

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JAKARTA (MKRI) — The Constitutional Court (MK) held a hearing for petition No. 12-36/PHPU.DPD-XXII/2024 on the 2024 legislative election result dispute on Monday, May 6, 2024. The petition was filed by a Central Papua DPD (Regional Representatives Council) candidate, Arnold Benediktus Kayame.

The hearing was presided over by Constitutional Justices Arief Hidayat, Anwar Usman, and Enny Nurbaningsih, to hear the response of the General Elections Commission (KPU) as the Respondent.

“[Despite] the aforementioned petition having been withdrawn by the Petitioner, the Respondent will still present its exceptions at the hearing of the a quo case as [a manifestation of] the principles of transparency and accountability in the implementation of the 2024 election, as a form of public accountability to refute the Petitioner’s arguments,” said the Respondent’s legal counsel Agus Koswara.

According to the Respondent, the Petitioner did not challenge the vote acquisition that affected the allocation of seats in the Central Papua DPD. Therefore, it did not fall within the Constitutional Court’s jurisdiction, and thus the petition must be declared inadmissible. Furthermore, it was filed on Saturday, March 23, 2024, at 22:27 WIB, which was outside the 3x24 hour timeframe since the KPU decree was announced.

“Next, the Respondent’s exception regarding the petition not meeting the formal requirements. The Petitioner did not ask the Court to stipulate the correct vote acquisition according to the Petitioner, but only requested the annulment of KPU Decree No. 360 of 2024 for Central Papua Province, without comparing it to the correct vote acquisition according to the Petitioner. Therefore, the Petitioner’s petition was unclear,” Agus explained.

Furthermore, the Petitioner did not explain the impact of the vote calculation errors on the Petitioner’s seat acquisition. Therefore, the petition must be declared inadmissible. For these reasons, the Respondent rejects all of the Petitioner’s arguments.

Author         : Siti Rosmalina Nurhayati
Editor          : Nur R.
Translator    : Naomi Andrea Zebua, Yuniar W.

Disclaimer: The original version of this 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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