Nine constitutional justices held a ruling hearing for the 2024 legislative election results dispute at the plenary courtroom on Tuesday (5/21/2024). Photo by MKRI/Teguh.

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JAKARTA, MKRI — The Constitutional Court (MK) dismissed the petition for the 2024 DPRD (Regional Legislative Council) election results dispute for the electoral district of South Lampung Regency 7 petitioned by the Indonesian Guard of Change Party (Garuda). Constitutional justices declared that the case No. 186-01-11-08/PHPU.DPR-DPRD-XXII/2024 did not meet the formal requirements because it was obscure. The verdict pronouncement hearing took place on Tuesday, May 21, 2024 at the plenary courtroom.

“[The Court] adjudicated, relating to the Respondent’s exception: to grant the exceptions by the Respondent on the obscurity of the a quo petition, to reject the exceptions by the Respondent for the rest and remainder; relating to the subject matter, to declare the Petitioner’s petition inadmissible,” said Chief Justice Suhartoyo alongside the other eight constitutional justices.

According to the Court, after carefully examining the Petitioner's petition, relating to the subject matter on page 6 to 12, the Court does not find the Petitioner's argument regarding the comparison of the correct vote count according to the Petitioner and Respondent. This means that the subject matter of the Petitioner does not clearly describe the error in the vote count results certified by the Respondent and the correct vote count results according to the Petitioner.

Furthermore, in the petition, the Petitioner also argued there were violations of election administration (procedures for voting and vote counting)  at 5 (five) polling stations (TPS) in South Lampung Regency 7, Lampung Province. The Petitioner also argued there were voters outside of the electoral district who used their voting rights on the Regency DPRD ballot papers and there was an inflation or transfer of votes to Candidate No. 7 on behalf of Ismail from the National Awakening Party (PKB).

Regarding the Petitioner's argument, it does not clearly describe the error in the vote count results determined by the Respondent as a result of the violation argued by the Petitioner and the correct vote count according to the Petitioner if the fraud or alleged violation did not occur. As a result, according to the Court, the Petitioner's petition is declared obscure.

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Previously, the Petitioner argued there were violations of election administration in South Lampung Regency 7 relating to the procedures for voting and counting votes at 5 TPS, including TPS 23 Rangai Village, TPS 13 Pardasuka Village, TPS 01 Sidomekar Village, TPS 02 Sidomekar Village, and TPS 05 Sidomekar Village.(*)

Author  : Adam Ilyas
Editor   : Lulu Anjarsari P.

Translator     : Intana Selvira Fauzi /Fuad Subhan

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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