The Respondent with its legal counsel at a follow-up hearing for case No. 38-02-04-38/PHPU.DPR-DPRD-XXII/2024 on the 2024 legislative election results dispute to hear responses from the Relevant Party and Bawaslu, Wednesday (5/8/2024). Photo by MKRI/Bayu.

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JAKARTA (MKRI) — The General Elections Commission (KPU) deemed Jois Kambu lacking legal standing for not having approval or recommendation from the Party of Functional Groups (Golkar), said the KPU’s (Respondent) legal counsel Anshika Hendra Septian at a hearing on the 2024 Regional Legislative Council (DPRD) election results dispute on Wednesday, May 8, 2024. Andhika conveyed the Respondent’s answers before Constitutional Justices Arief Hidayat (panel chair), Anwar Usman, and Enny Nurbaningsih. The petition was filed by Jois Kambu, Golkar candidate number 1 in the provincial DPRD election for the electoral district of Southwest Papua 6.

“In accordance with the provisions in the Constitutional Court Regulation No. 2 of 2023, a clear and concrete requirement to file a petition to the Court is the party’s recommendation. At the hearing on April 30, 2024, the Petitioner conveyed that he had not yet obtained an approval or recommendation from the party,” said Andhika to respond to case No. 38-02-04-38/PHPU.DPR-DPRD-XXII/2024.

The Respondent requests that the Court to grant its exception in its entirety, reject the Petitioner’s petition in its entirety, and declare the KPU Decree No. 360 of 2024 valid.

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Ortis F. Sagrim as the Relevant Party said of his party recommendation, “Previously, the Relevant Party had a recommendation from the party, but the chairman and secretary-general gave a directive for it to be revoked. Therefore, currently the Relevant Party does not have a recommendation, the same as the Petitioner.”

At the preliminary hearing, the Petitioner asserted that votes for DPRD candidate Ortis Fernando Sagrim from the same party were inflated. It asserted that Ortis should have obtained 4,320 votes, but the Respondent certified 4,794 votes. Meanwhile, the Petitioner should have obtained 4,342 votes, but only 4,106 votes were certified by the Respondent. In its petitum, the Petitioner requests the Court to grant its petition entirely, to annul the KPU Decree No. 360 of 2024, and to certify correct vote acquisition based on the Petitioner’s version.

Author              : Adam Ilyas
Editor               : Lulu Anjarsari P.
PR                    : Tiara Agustina
Translator         : Intana Selvira Fauzi, Yuniar W.

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