The Petitioner’s legal counsel Periati Ginting attending a ruling hearing for the 2024 election results dispute for Central Java Province, Tuesday (5/21/2024). Photo by MKRI/Ifa.

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JAKARTA (MKRI) — The Constitutional Court (MK) held a ruling hearing for Decision No. 103-02-04-36/PHPU.DPR-DPRD-XXII/2024 on the 2024 DPR-DPRD (House of Representatives-Regional Legislative Council) election results dispute petitioned by Septinus Tipagau, Provincial DPRD candidate Number 1 for the electoral district of Central Papua 2. The hearing was presided over by all nine constitutional justices on Tuesday, May 21, 2024, in the plenary courtroom.

In its legal considerations, the Court held that the Petitioner did not have the formally required approval letter signed by Golkar’s (Party of Functional Groups) central executive board (DPP) chairman and secretary-general. The Petitioner described himself as a DPR candidate of Central Papua Province in the electoral district of Central Papua 2 from Golkar. Without the party’s approval, he could not meet the formal requirement to file an election results dispute petition as an individual legislative candidate. Therefore, he did not have legal standing to file the petition. The Respondent’s (General Elections Commission/KPU) exception regarding the Petitioner’s legal standing was well-founded according to law

As a result, the Court decided that the petition filed by Septinus Tipagau was inadmissible. “[The Court] declares the Petitioner’s petition inadmissible,” said Chief Justice Suhartoyo delivering the verdict.

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Author              : Siti Rosmalina Nurhayati.
Editor               : Nur R.
Translator         : Frity Michael Br Sembiring/Yuniar W.

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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