Bawaslu at the hearing for case No. 103-02-04-36/PHPU.DPR-DPRD-XXII/2024 on the DPRD election results dispute, Tuesday (5/7/2024). Photo by MKRI/Bayu.

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JAKARTA (MKRI) — On Tuesday, May 7, 2024, the Constitutional Court (MK) held another election results dispute hearing for case No. 103-02-04-36/PHPU.DPR-DPRD-XXII/2024, filed by Septinus Tipagau, a provincial DPRD (Regional Legislative Council) candidate of Central Papua 2 electoral district from the Functional Groups Party (Golkar).

The hearing had been scheduled to hear the response of the General Elections Commission (KPU) as Respondent and testimony of the Elections Supervisory Body (Bawaslu) as well as to validate evidence. It was presided over by Constitutional Justices Arief Hidayat (panel chair), Anwar Usman, and Enny Nurbaningsih.

KPU’s Testimony

The KPU, represented by legal counsel Andreanus Sukanto, asserted that the Petitioner did not have legal standing to file a petition against the 2024 election results. It stressed that the Petitioner did not have recommendation from the central executive board (DPP) of Golkar to file the petition to the Court.

“The Petitioner does not have legal standing to file the petition in the a quo case since [he] did not attach a recommendation letter from the central executive board of the party when filing the petition. Therefore, the Respondent believes the Petitioner’s petition must be declared inadmissible,” Andreanus said.

The KPU also refuted the Petitioner’s claim that any of the district election committee (PPD) and polling station working committee (KPPS) had coordinated with other parties’ legislative candidates to transfer votes, which made the Petitioner lost 15,113 votes. The KPU also insisted on the Petitioner’s vote acquisition on the D-result model form certified based on the recapitulation of vote count at the Central Papua Province level on March 15 in the hall of RRI Nabire (“plenary provincial meeting”), and the recapitulation of vote count at the lntan Jaya Regency level on March 3 at the hall of Bappeda of Sugada, Central Papua Province for Central Papua 2 electoral district in the 2024 election.

Bawaslu’s Testimony

Yonas Yanampa testified that Intan Jaya Regency Bawaslu had carried out supervision. By issuing letter No. 081/HM.01 .01/Kab.PT/08/11I/2024 to Hitadipa District election committee (PPD), it had stipulated to forward the votes certified at the district letter to the regency plenary meeting, with no change to the votes already certified.

Through letter No. 0130/LHP/.01 .01/Kab.PT/08/111/2024 Intan Jaya Regency Bawaslu explained that during the recapitulation in Intan Jaya Regency, eight PPD chairpersons from eight districts and thirty members were absent. Only two PPD members attended the district plenary meeting on March 2. Based on Intan Jaya Regency Bawaslu’s supervision, the Petitioner’s claim was accurate in that the votes in Intan Jaya 2 electoral district had matched the regency D-result form, where Septinus Tipagau earned zero votes.

Also read: Golkar Candidate Challenges Vote Acquisition of Intan Jaya Regency 

Author         : Siti Rosmalina Nurhayati
Editor          : Nur R.
Translator    : Yuniar Widiastuti (NL)

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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