The Respondent’s witness Hironimus Markus Fofid at a hearing for the 2024 legislative election results dispute of South Papua Province, Wednesday (5/29/2024) on panel 1. Photo by MKRI/Ifa.

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JAKARTA (MKRI) — The Constitutional Court (MK) held a follow-up hearing on the 2024 election results dispute (PHPU) for the DPR (House of Representatives), Provincial DPRD/DPRP (Regional Legislative Council/Papuan People’s Representatives’ Council), and Regency/City DPRD/DPRK (Regency Legislative Council) of South Papua Province on Wednesday May 29, 2024. The Democratic Party disputed the election results in the electoral district of Asmat 3, affecting the seat allocation in South Papua Province.

Hironimus Markus Fofid, Asmat Regency General Elections Commission (KPU) member and a witness for the Respondent in Case No. 267-01-01-35/PHPU.DPR-DPRD-XXII/2024, stated that PDI-P (Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle) witnesses had objections, which were brought to Bawaslu (Elections Supervisory Body).

“After the results were certified, PDI-P raised objections for electoral districts 1 and 3. These objections were recorded in the incident form and carried to the provincial-level plenary meeting,” he explained.

“At the regency-level plenary meeting, PDI-P raised objection, feeling it lost a seat in these districts,” he noted.

Additionally, he said that because PDI-P had lost a seat, it raised objection at the district recapitulation plenary meeting.

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Aloysia Hahare, chair of the Asmat Regency KPU, explained that the KPU had followed recommendations by the South Papua Province Bawaslu. She said that at a plenary correction meeting on March 17, the KPU was instructed to compare the subdistrict D-result form with the regency/city D-result form.

The Petitioner requests to the Court to cancel the KPU Decree No. 360 of 2024 on the certification of the 2024 legislative election results announced nationwide on March 20, 2024 as it pertains to the Asmat Regency DPRD election for the electoral district of Asmat 3, and to certify the correct vote acquisition results in its version for the Asmat Regency DPRD for Asmat 3 with a total of 1,922 votes.

Author              : Utami Argawati
Editor                : Lulu Anjarsari P.
PR                    : Fauzan Febriyan
Translator         : Dzaki Difa Al Hadiid/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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