The Petitioner’s legal counsel Dega Kautsar Pradana (left) at a ruling hearing for the 2024 legislative election results dispute of Central Java Province, Tuesday (5/21/2024). Photo by MKRI/Ifa.

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JAKARTA (MKRI) — The Constitutional Court (MK) stated that the petition by the United Development Party (PPP) on the vote acquisition of candidates for the House of Representatives (DPR) of the electoral district of Central Java III was inadmissible. This is an excerpt of Decision No. 44-01-13-13/PHPU.DPR-DPRD-XXII/2024 delivered by Chief Justice Suhartoyo on Tuesday, May 21, 2024. The ruling hearing on the 2024 PHPU DPR-DPRD (House of Representatives-Regional Legislative Council) election results dispute was held in the plenary courtroom.

In more detail, Deputy Chief Justice Saldi Isra said that the Petitioner’s posita on the vote acquisition of DPR candidates in Central Java III was vague because it did not explain the time and location where the reduction and addition of votes as argued by the Petitioner had occurred. Moreover, he said, in the petition, there was no detailed explanation of the vote margins at the polling station, subdistrict, city, provincial, or national levels at issue.

Although in the list of additional evidence on April 29, the Petitioner described the vote acquisition of PPP and Garuda (Indonesian Guard of Change Party) at each polling station, in the petition there was no explanation of the reduction of PPP’s votes and the addition of Garuda’s votes in the area. Therefore, the petition did not meet the formal requirements and must be declared vague or unclear and not proceed to the evidentiary hearing.

“Meanwhile, concerning the Petitioner’s petitum regarding the vote acquisition of candidates for Rembang Regency DPRD in the electoral district of Rembang 2 will be continued at the evidentiary hearing,” Deputy Chief Justice Saldi stated.

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At the preliminary hearing, the Petitioner requested the annulment of the General Elections Commission (KPU) Decree No. 360 of 2024 on the certification of the 2024 presidential and legislative election results of the DPR (House of Representatives), DPD (Regional Representatives Council), and Provincial and Regency/City DPRD (Regional Legislative Council) announced nationwide on March 20, 2024 at 22:19 WIB as it pertains to the DPR election results in Central Java III and DPRD election results in Rembang Regency II. The Petitioner alleged unlawful transfer of its votes for the DPR election in Central Java III to Garuda.

In addition, the Petitioner argued that the election organizers had committed violations, as shown by the overuse of ballots for the Rembang Regency DPRD election in Rembang Regency 2. Ballot boxes at TPS (polling station) 4 in Karangturi Village, Lasem Subdistrict were opened without any special case report and not witnessed by political party witnesses. For this incident, a revote was held. However, it affected the acquisition of seats in Rembang 2, where NasDem (National Democratic Party), who won the last seat, had 4,437 votes while PPP received 4,414 votes, so the margin for Rembang 2 was 23 votes.

Author              : Sri Pujianti.
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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