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JAKARTA (MKRI) — The General Elections Commission (KPU) stated that the Constitutional Court (MK) does not have the authority to examine and hear the petition filed by M. Nasir, a candidate from the North Aceh SIRA Party. According to the KPU as the Respondent, the application is not related to the dispute of vote acquisition results and has not received a recommendation from the North Aceh SIRA Party. This was conveyed by Legal Counsel Hepri Yadi, who represented the Respondent in the 2024 General Election Results Dispute (PHPU) hearing held on Wednesday, May 8, 2024 at the Court’s 1st Building. The Respondent's answer was in response to Case No. 233-02-23-01/PHPU.DPR-DPRD-XXII/2024 filed by M. Nasir, a candidate for the North Aceh Regency/City Legislative Council (DPRK) from the SIRA Party, in electoral district (dapil) North Aceh 6.

"In the exception, the petition is not related to the dispute over the vote results, so the Court has no authority to hear it. In addition, the Petitioner has not received a recommendation from the Petitioner Party," said Legal Counsel Hepri Yadi in a follow-up hearing presided by Constitutional Justices Arief Hidayat, Anwar Usman and Enny Nurbaningsih.

The KPU also said that there was no objection from the SIRA Party witness. The Petitioner's witness even signed the D-Result form at the Sub-district level. Therefore, this shows that there were no special events related to this petition.

For that reason, the Respondent requests that the Court accept and grant all of the Respondent's exceptions. Then in the main case, to reject all of the Petitioner's requests and certify the KPU Decree No. 360 of 2024 as valid.

Also read: SIRA Candidate Questions KPU’s Sirekap

Meanwhile, Bawaslu testified that there were no allegations of election violations related to this petition. "In the process of the Election process, there are no allegations of Election Violations," said Safwani as the Bawaslu Representative.

As additional information, there are no Related Parties involved in this case. Previously, in the preliminary hearing, the Petitioner challenged the use of the SIREKAP Application system in dapil 6 North Aceh Regency, Aceh Province. The Petitioner argued that there was inflation and transfer of votes from the Petitioner to other candidates in the Gerindra Party, based on witness testimony at each polling station carried out by certain individuals.

The Petitioner stated that, in principle, fraud or violation in elections is a criminal act in accordance with the Election Law. Based on the arguments presented, the Petitioner requested the Constitutional Court to follow up on the fraud by ordering a recount of votes, to avoid a sense of distrust and disappointment on the part of the community supporting the Petitioner.

Author: Adam Ilyas
Editor: Lulu Anjarsari P.
PR: Tiara Agustina

Translator: Putri Ratnasari

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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