The Decision Hearing on Case No.199-01-02-02/PHPU.DPR-DPRD-XXII/2024 declared inadmissible. The Constitutional Court (MK) decided the 2024 Medan City Legislative PHPU case submitted by the Gerindra Party. This trial was held in the Plenary Courtroom on Tuesday (21/5/2024). Photo by MKRI/Bayu.

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JAKARTA (MKRI) — The Constitutional Court (MK) dismissed the petition for the 2024 DPR-DPRD (House of Representatives-Regional Legislative Council) election results dispute for case No. 199-01-02-02/PHPU.DPR-DPRD-XXII/2024  on Tuesday, May 21, 2024. The case was petitioned by a DPRD candidate for the electoral district of Medan City from the Great Movement Party (Gerindra). 

“[The Court] rules to declare the Petitioner’s petition inadmissible,” said Chief Justice Suhartoyo in the plenary courtroom.

In its legal considerations, delivered by Constitutional Justice M. Guntur Hamzah, the Court asserts that the Petitioner's petition did not meet the qualifications as intended in Article 75 letter b of the Constitutional Court Law and Article 11 paragraph (2) letter b number 4 and number 5 PMK 2/2023. This is because there is uncertainty about the correct number of votes according to the Petitioner in the petitum requested to be determined by the Court.

“[The Court] adjudicated, relating to exceptions: to grant the Relevant Party’s exception on the obscurity of the petition; relating to the subject matter: to declare the Petitioner’s petition inadmissible,” said Justice Guntur 

Previously, the Gerindra Party filed a request for 2024 legislative election results (PHPU) to the Court regarding changes to the seats obtained for members of the Medan City DPRD. According to the Petitioner, this occurred because there was a dispute over vote calculation in the application for the 12th seat or the last seat to be filled by Medan City 3 DPRD, East Medan District between the Great Movement Party (Gerindra) and the National Awakening Party (PKB). 

Author  : Utami Argawati
Editor   : Lulu Anjarsari P.
Translator     : Sedanti Anjali Putri 

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