The Constitutional Court (MK) held the Ruling Hearing for Case Number 164-02-14-02/PHPU.DPR-DPRD-XXII/2024, filed by Democratic Party candidate Enita Zahara in the Plenary Courtroom on Tuesday (5/21/2024). MKRI/Bayu.

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JAKARTA (MKRI) — The Constitutional Court (MK) decided the Electoral Dispute (PHPU) petition of Serdang Bedagai Regency, Electoral District 4, inadmissible. The petition was filed by Democratic Party candidate Enita Zahara. The Ruling Hearing for Decision Number 164-02-14-02/PHPU.DPR-DPRD-XXII/2024 was held on Tuesday, May 21, 2024, in the Plenary Courtroom. This case challenged the discrepancy in vote acquisition with another Democratic candidate, Suka Dame Julius Saragih.

“[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.

In its legal considerations, delivered by Constitutional Justice M. Guntur Hamzah, the Court asserted that the Petitioner’s petition failed to meet the requirements based on Article 75 of the Constitutional Court Law and Article 11 paragraph (2) letters b number 4 and number 5 of Constitutional Court Regulation (PMK) 2/2023. This was due to a discrepancy/conflict between the posita and petitum as outlined above.

"Therefore, there is no doubt for the Court to declare that the Respondent's exception regarding the Petitioner's petition being obscure is legally justified. Thus, according to the Court, the Petitioner's petition is obscure (obscuur)," said Justice Guntur.

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During the preliminary hearing, the petitioner without her legal counsel, expressed objections to the announcement made by the KPU on February 15, 2024, as reported by detik.com. The results displayed by the KPU were real counts with the top seven rankings.

Hence, the Petitioner, in their petitum, requested the Court to provide legal protection to the Petitioner by addressing the omission of vote acquisition data and firmly adhering to the notion that trustworthy votes for reference are the input data before the turmoil/chaos caused by changes in figures after the turmoil in input data.

Author: Utami Argawati

Editor: Lulu Anjarsari P.

Translator: Naomi Andrea Zebua

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