The Respondent’s legal counsel delivering a statement at the hearing for the legislative election results dispute of Riau Province, Tuesday (5/7/2024). Photo by MKRI/Ifa.

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JAKARTA (MKRI) — The Constitutional Court (MK) held a follow-up hearing for the 2024 legislative election results dispute (PHPU) of the Regional Representatives Council (DPD) for Riau Province on Tuesday, May 7, 2024. Case No. 06-04/PHPU.DPD-XXII/2024 was held by Chief Justice Suhartoyo and Constitutional Justices Daniel Yusmic P. Foekh and M. Guntur Hamzah.

The Respondent’s legal counsel Imamul Muttaqin conveyed the Petitioner only presented the vote acquisition data in general, not providing details on which polling stations (TPS) wanted to compare. The Respondent in this case remains firm on the results of the national recapitulation that has been carried out by the Petitioner's votes amounting to 185,403 votes.

"Regarding the arguments of the Petitioner's petition regarding D-results there is an inflation of votes with an increase in the number of DPTb (additional final voters list) and DPK (special voters list) for DPD candidates for Riau Province is not true, because the vote count organized by the Respondent, is carried out in stages starting from the subdistrict, regency/city, provincial to the national level," said Imamul.

Likewise, with the argument regarding the difference in votes of three thousand votes. KPU as the Respondent stated that it was not true.

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On the same occasion, Indra Khalid explained that the Riau Province Bawaslu had received a letter from Bawaslu No. 302/PP.00.00/K1/03/2024 dated March 17, 2024 regarding the Submission of Reports of Alleged Election Violations and Initial Study of Alleged Violations No. 027/LP/PL/RI/00.00/III/2024 dated March 17, 2024. Furthermore, Bawaslu Riau Province followed up on the Report of Alleged Election Administrative Violations reported by Edwin Pratama Putra, S.H with the reported KPU of Indragiri Hilir Regency and fourteen Subdistrict Election Committees (PPK) in Indragiri Hilir Regency, KPU of Dumai City and four committees in Dumai City, KPU of Pekanbaru City and 8 committees PPK in Pekanbaru City, KPU of Kampar Regency and 4 committees in Kampar Regency, KPU of Meranti Islands Regency and four committees in Meranti Islands Regency, KPU of Rokan Hilir Regency and eight committees of Rokan Hilir Regency.

Regarding the delegation from Bawaslu, Riau Provincial Bawaslu followed up and conducted an examination hearing on the report of alleged administrative violations of the election, Riau Provincial Bawaslu concluded that the report of alleged administrative election violations that occurred at the polling station, the place that organized the voting and vote counting at the polling station was the polling station working committee (KPPS) and not organized by the Reported Persons. (*)

Author : Utami Argawati

Editor : Lulu Anjarsari P.

PR : Andhini S.F.

Translator : Jessica Rivena Meilania

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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