Idham Barkah Natasasmita as the Respondent's legal counsel delivering a statement at a follow-up hearing of the 2024 legislative election results dispute of West Java Province, Wednesday (5/8/2024). Photo by MKRI/Ifa.

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JAKARTA (MKRI) – The KPU said that the general election results dispute (PHPU) of the DPRD petition filed by Antika Roshifah Fadilla, a candidate from PKS, was vague. This was conveyed by Idham Barkah Natasasmita representing the KPU in the follow-up hearing of the general election results dispute for the election of DPRD candidates for the West Java Electoral District held by the Constitutional Court on Wednesday (8/5/2024) in the Plenary courtroom of the Constitutional Court. The second session of Case Number 160-02-08-12/PHPU.DPR-DPRD-XXII/2024 presided over by Chief Justice Suhartoyo, with Constitutional Justice Daniel Yusmic P. Foekh and Justice M. Guntur Hamzah.

The KPU also argued that the legal basis on which the petition was based did not explain the case of a dispute over general election results. In addition, the petitioner did not postulate the existence of a dispute over the general election results between candidates of the internal Prosperous Justice Party. 

"Instead, it only mentions the number of votes without detailing the correct vote acquisition comparison according to the petitioner. The Petitioner's petition is even more unclear because it does not explain the legal basis applicable in the General Election Dispute and does not even explain a single argument related to errors committed by the Respondent," Idham said.

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Meanwhile, Bawaslu stated that it had carried out preventive duties in the form of a complaint No. 63/PM/KJB- 02/01/2024 dated February 28, 2024, to the KPU of West Bandung Regency to provide information on the schedule of events for the recount of the vote count at the regency level and had received sealed boxes from all PPKs in West Bandung Regency before holding the open plenary meeting for the recount of the vote count at the regency level.

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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