The legal counsel for the Respondent Bawaslu accompanied the Respondent in the continued hearing of Case No. 13-01-02-01/PHPU.DPR-DPRD-XXII/2024 on PHPU Members of the DPR, DPD, Provincial/Regency DPRD Provinces in 2024 with the agenda of heard answers, Relevant Parties and Bawaslu statements. Tuesday (7/5/2024). Photo by MKRI / Bayu.

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JAKARTA, MKRI - The Constitutional Court (MK) held a hearing for case No. 13-01-02-01/PHPU.DPR-DPRD-XXII/2024 on Tuesday, May 7, 2024. The hearing included the Respondent's Answer, statements from relevant parties and Bawaslu, as well as the validation of evidence in the PHPU for Members of the Provincial/Regency DPRD in 2024, petitioned by the Great Movement Party (Gerindra) for Aceh Province. The panel for the ruling hearing was presided over by  Constitutional Justices Arief Hidayat (panel chair), Anwar Usman, and Enny Nurbaningsih on panel 3.

KPU and Bawaslu Statement

KPU's Legal Counsel, Immamul Muttaqin explained that although in the posita the Petitioner compared the votes they got, but did not compare the details of the place where the votes were obtained. According to the KPU, the Petitioner should have mentioned the location of the TPS in the comparison made in the Petition.

In the Petitum, the Petitioner requested that a revote be conducted in Dapil Aceh 1, but in another explanation, the Petitioner requested that the Court determine the correct vote results according to the Petitioner in Dapil Aceh 1.

Meanwhile, the Aceh District voters supervisory committee (Panwaslih) confirmed that it had held a plenary meeting regarding several election violations, and it had been decided not to be followed up because it was deemed not proven to have committed a violation.

Relevant Parties

According to the relevant party, the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP), the Court lacks authority over the case. PDIP also considers the Petition unclear or vague, noting that the Petitioner requests an eighth seat in the Aceh 1 district, while the Law stipulates that there are only seven seats in that district. Therefore, the Relevant Parties conclude that the Petitioner's petition is vague.

Furthermore, regarding the vote comparison, there were an additional 15 votes which should have been detailed by the Petitioner. However, the Petitioner did not specify the locations of the TPS that followed this along with the reasons for the additional votes.

Other relevant parties from the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) rejected the additions in the Petitum submitted by the Petitioner in the amended Petition because the Petitum caused losses to their Party. Then the Petition is not clear.

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Author  : Siti Rosmalina Nurhayati
Translator     : Siti Nurhaliza/Fuad Subhan

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