The Constitutional Court held PHPU hearing of the Members of the House of Representatives (DPR), Provincial Regional House of Representatives (DPRD), Regency / City Regional House of Representatives (DPRD) of Riau Provence on Wednesday (28/5/2024), in the Plenary Court Room. Photo by MKRI / Ifa.

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JAKARTA (MKRI) — On Tuesday, May 28, 2024, Edwin Pratama Putra, a prospective member of the Riau Provincial DPD (Regional Representative Council), presented several witnesses in another hearing of the 2024 Election Dispute (PHPU). The third hearing of Case No. 06-04/PHPU.DPD-XXII/2024 was presided over by Chief Justice Suhartoyo, accompanied by Justices Daniel Yusmic P. Foekh and M. Guntur Hamzah.

During the hearing, through Dharfrimadil Akhyar, the Petitioner said that they witnessed the tabulation of votes acquired by the Petitioner under the name of Edwin Pratama Putra from Form C Results uploaded on Sirekap. He stated that there were changes in the data uploaded on Sirekap, where the Form C Results originally became Form C Copies.

"So, at that time, the C Results uploaded on Sirekap were removed after a few days. Then, when we checked again at the same polling station (TPS), it had changed; it wasn't C Results anymore but C Copies uploaded by the KPU (General Election Commission). After that, we tabulated it, printed it out again, and upon rechecking, there were no longer any, Your Honor. C Copies uploaded again," stated Prima.

Prima stated that he had attempted to contact other political parties to acquire either the C Results or C Copies for DPD. "So, other political parties also do not have complete data. Especially in the Indragiri Hilir Regency," said Prima.

Furthermore, Prima stated that there was irregularity because they never assigned witnesses to the TPS. "We also found that there were 1400 TPS in Indragiri Hilir where the C1 forms were not found. Even during the Riau plenary hearing, one of the members of the Bawaslu Indragiri Hilir admitted that the C Results had gone missing for two weeks and were only found a few days before the provincial plenary," said Prima.

Moreover, another witness for the Petitioner, Alpasirin, claimed that there had been instances of forged signatures in almost every regency in Riau. "The Petitioner and I did not send witnesses at the TPS level," said Alpasirin, who is also a prospective member of the 2024 Riau Provincial DPD.

 

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Denial of Signature Forgery

During the hearing, the Respondent (KPU) presented Herdianto, a former polling station working committee (KPPS) member at TPS 01, Pekan Arba, Tembilahan District, Indragiri Hilir Regency, as a witness. He explained and refuted the Petitioner's allegations regarding the suspected forgery of signatures in the witness columns of Form C Results and Form C Copies for DPD Member Candidates, as well as the allegation of vote inflation at TPS 01, Pekan Arba Village, Tembilahan District, Indragiri Hilir Regency.

Meanwhile, Ariya Ghuna Saputra, a member of the Pekanbaru City KPU, explained and refuted the Petitioner's arguments regarding the alleged vote inflation, indicated by signature forgery/wrong signature columns. He also elucidated the process and outcomes of the regency/city level recapitulation, specifically in Pekanbaru City.

Previously, during the preliminary hearing, the Petitioner argued the alleged vote inflation, indicated by signature forgery/wrong signature columns at TPS in Marpoyan Damai Subdistrict, Pekanbaru City. Additionally, the Petitioner mentioned the presence of witnesses who were not authorized by the DPD candidate but signed the DPD witness signature columns on the C Results and C Copies for DPD. (*)

Author: Utami Argawati
Editor: Lulu Anjarsari P.
Translator: Naomi Andrea Zebua

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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