The Respondent with its legal counsel, Allan Fatchan Gani Wardhana, attending a follow-up hearing for case No. 110-01-17-05/PHPU.DPR-DPRD-XXII/2024 on the 2024 legislative election results dispute to hear the Respondent’s response and Bawaslu’s statement, Monday (5/13/2024). Photo by MKRI/Bayu.

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JAKARTA (MKRI) – The General Elections Commission (KPU) asserted that based on the process and recapitulation of vote count results of political parties and the House of Representatives (DPR) candidates, there was no reduction, transfer, shift, or migration of the United Development Party (PPP)’s vote acquisition to the Indonesian Guard of Change Party (Garuda) in the electoral district of Jambi Province. Moreover, there were also no objections from PPP witnesses to the recapitulation of vote count results for the DPR election at the Jambi provincial level. This was conveyed by Allan Fatchan Gani Wardhana representing the KPU as the Respondentat at the hearing presided over by Constitutional Justices Arief Hidayat (panel chair), Anwar Usman, and Enny Nurbaningsih. The election results dispute case No. 110-01-17-05/PHPU.DPR-DPRD-XXII/2024 filed by PPP on the appointment of DPR members in the Jambi Province.

“In the Jambi Provincial level, during the Plenary Meeting of the Recapitulation of Vote Acquisition at the Jambi Province level on March 9-14, 2024, there were no objections from the Petitioner's witnesses to the recapitulation of vote count results for the DPR election at the Jambi provincial level. Thus, the Petitioner's argument alleging a reduction, transfer, shift, or migration of the Petitioner's votes to the Garuda Party is not proven,” Allan said at Panel 3 hearing held on Monday May 13, 2024.

The KPU further explained that during the recapitulation process of vote count results at the Jambi Province level, witnesses from the Petitioner, PPP, were also present based on a mandate letter from PPP’s regional executive board (DPW) of the Jambi Province No. 359/MDT/DPW/II/2024. The letter mandated Ade Marhan, Abdul Majid, and Afrioga Felmi as PPP’s witnesses. The session was also attended by witnesses from other election participants, and their presence was all recorded in the attendance list signed by the witnesses. During the plenary session, there were no objections raised by the Petitioner's witnesses or other witnesses to the Garuda Party's votes for the DPR election in the Jambi Province, and there were no suggestions for corrections from the Election Supervisory Body (Bawaslu) of Jambi Province. Therefore, according to the KPU, the PPP’s argument alleging a reduction, transfer, shift, or migration of votes to the Garuda Party is not proven.

For the answers that have been explained, the Respondent requests the Court to grant all of the Respondent's exceptions, reject all of the Petitioner's requests, and declare the KPU Decree No. 360 of 2024 is valid.

Also read: PPP Alleges Vote Inflation by Garuda in Jambi I 

Meanwhile, during the hearing, Bawaslu testified that the Open Plenary Meeting of the Recapitulation of Vote Count Results at the Jambi Province level in the 2024 simultaneous elections which took place from March 8 to 14, 2024 were no rebuttals or objections from witnesses regarding the alleged vote transfers as argued by the Petitioner. The vote acquisition of Political Parties participating in the Election based on Form D Results of the Provincial DPR in the Jambi Province, namely the Garuda received 6,729 votes and the PPP received 58,114 votes.

“There was no rebuttal or objection from the witness regarding the vote transfer as argued by the Petitioner,” said Muhammad Hapis, Bawaslu Representative

Previously, in the preliminary hearing, the Petitioner argued there was a vote margin between the Petitioner and the Garuda on the appointment of DPR members in Jambi Province in the Respondent's and the Petitioner's versions. According to the Petitioner, the Garuda should have obtained 129 votes, but the Respondent certified 6,729 votes. In contrast, the Petitioner's vote, which should have been 64,714 votes, was only certified at 58,114 votes by the Respondent. This means that there is a margin of 6,600 votes.

Based on the arguments presented, PPP requested the Court to annul KPU's Decree No. 360 of 2024 on the election results and to stipulate the vote acquisition they deemed accurate on the appointment of DPR members in the Jambi I. Additionally, the Petitioner requested the Court to order the KPU to conduct a revote at several polling stations (TPS) deemed problematic by the Petitioner.

Author : Adam Ilyas

Editor : Lulu Anjarsari P.

PR : Tiara Agustina

Translator : Intana Selvira Fauzi 

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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