Constitutional Justice Daniel Yusmic P. Foekh reading out a decision at a ruling hearing for the 2024 legislative election results dispute, Tuesday (5/21/2024). Photo by MKRI/Teguh.

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JAKARTA (MKRI) — The Constitutional Court (MK) ruled the 2024 DPR/DPRD (House of Representatives/Regional Legislative Council) election results dispute for case No. 70-02-10-16/PHPU.DPR-DPRD-XXII/2024 inadmissible. The case was petitioned by Kusrini Haidar Alwi, a DPRD candidate number 1 from Hanura (People’s Conscience Party) for the electoral district South Tangerang 4.

“[The Court] adjudicated, relating to the petition’s subject matter, to rule that the Petitioner’s petition is inadmissible,” said Chief Justice Suhartoyo alongside the other eight constitutional justices on Tuesday, May 21, 2024.

Delivering the Court’s opinion, Constitutional Justice Daniel Yusmic P. Foekh explained that the Petitioner’s petitum and posita were inconsistent, there was no clear and adequate explanation in the posita, and the petition did not explain the Respondent’s calculation error and the correct vote acquisition results according to the Petitioner nor did it contain a request to cancel the results of the vote count determined by the Respondent and to determine the correct vote count according to the Petitioner, so there was no doubt for the Court to declare the Petitioner’s petition vague.

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The Petitioner, in his petition, stated that the General Elections Commission (KPU) of South Tangerang City’s determination of the results of the vote acquisition of political parties for candidates for the South Tangerang City DPRD in South Tangerang 4 outside the period stipulated by law could not be classified as an act with legal certainty. In addition, the South Tangerang City KPU’s actions could not be seen as acts that comply with the principle of legality and the general principles of good governance (AUPB) according to Law No. 30 of 2014 on Government Administration, in this case, the principles of legal certainty and accuracy.

The Petitioner stressed that the South Tangerang City KPU Decree No. 284 of 2024 concerning the determination of the results of the recapitulation of the 2024 South Tangerang City DPRD Election dated March 6, 2024 was a legal product that must be considered null and void since its issuance along with all its legal consequences.

Author               : Utami Argawati
Editor               : Lulu Anjarsari P.
PR                    : Fauzan Febriyan
Translator          : M. Ariva Aswin Bahar, 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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