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JAKARTA (MKRI) — A hearing on the 2024 DPR (House of Representatives) and Provincial and Regency/City DPRD South Tangerang electoral district 4 of Banten Province continued on Monday, May 6, 2024. The hearing presided over by Chief Justice Suhartoyo with Constitutional Justices Daniel Yusmic P. Foekh and M. Guntur Hamzah, was scheduled to hear testimony from the Respondent (General Elections Commission/KPU) and Bawaslu (Elections Supervisory Body). The case No. 101-02-10-16/PHPU.DPR-DPRD-XXII/2024 was filed by one of the candidates for the South Tangerang City DPRD from the People’s Conscience Party (Hanura), Darry Arsyad.

At the hearing, the Respondent’s Ali Nurdin stressed that the Petitioner did not clearly describe the difference or error between the results determined by the Respondent and the correct results according to the Petitioner. In his petition, the Petitioner essentially only disputes the process and timeframe of vote recapitulation which then determines the results of the votes for candidates for the Tangerang City DPRD as stipulated through the South Tangerang City KPU Decrees No. 284 and No. 287 of 2024 on the certification of the recapitulations results of the 2024 South Tangerang City DPRD dated March 6 and March 17 respectively, which according to the Petitioner exceeds 20 days after voting day.

The KPU asserted that the Petitioner does not dispute his vote acquisition but only describes the process and timeframe of vote recapitulation in South Tangerang City, which exceeded 20 days after the day of voting. Therefore, Respondent asked the Court to declare the petition unclear and inadmissible

Meanwhile, Bawaslu said the recapitulation of the tally at the subdistrict, regency, and/or provincial levels could not be carried out within the specified timeframe due to force majeure or situations outside the organizers ‘s planning and control.

Also read: Hanura Candidate Demands South Tangerang Election Results Annulled

In his petitum, the Petitioner argues that the General Elections Commission (KPU) Decree No. 360 of 2024 on the results of the 2024 election of members of the Tangerang City DPRD has serious legal flaws from the outset because it is based on a law that also contains serious legal flaws. He asserts that both the South Tangerang KPU Decree No. 287 of 2024 and the KPU Decree No. 360 of 2024 on the results of the 2024 election of Tangerang City DPRD and all of their legal consequences must be deemed null and void since their issuance.

Author               : Utami Argawati
Editor                : Lulu Anjarsari P.
PR                    : Andhini S.F.
Translator         : M. Ariva Aswin Bahar

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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