Petitioner’s Legal Counsels, Zulham Efendi dan Dirzy Zaidan, attending the Ruling Hearing in the Plenary Courtroom of Constitutional Court (MK). Photo by MKRI/Teguh.

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JAKARTA (MKRI) —— The Constitutional Court (MK) rejected the petition for Case No. 189-02-02-20/PHPU.DPR-DPRD-XXII/2024 filed by Sopian Hadi, a legislative candidate for Ketapang 6 Regency from Gerindra (Great Indonesia Movement Party). The Court found the Petitioner’s claims regarding the voters on the additional final voters list (DPTb) to be legally unfounded.

“Relating to the petition’s subject matter, [the Court] rejected the Petitioner’s petition in its entirety,” said Chief Justice Suhartoyo, accompanied by eight other Constitutional Justices, in the plenary courtroom on Friday, June 7, 2024.

Chief Justice Suhartoyo explained that the Court found it clear that the re-vote was based on the recommendation of the Election Supervisory Body (Bawaslu) of Ketapang Regency due to two additional final voters list who switched their voting location to TPS (polling station) 04 in Mekar Utama Village. However, the two individuals in question, who voted on February 14, 2024, had their voting transfer forms deemed non-compliant with the procedures and regulations.

In response, the General Election Commission (KPU) followed the recommendation of Bawaslu Ketapang Regency by conducting a re-vote at TPS 04 in Mekar Utama Village on February 22, 2024. There were no objections from the witnesses regarding the results of the re-vote count. Based on this consideration, the Petitioner's claim lacked legal grounds.

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Additional Voters List Issue Causes Revote, Affecting Vote Acquisition of Gerindra Candidates

As information, in his petition, the Petitioner, who is a candidate no. 1 from Gerindra, Sopian Hadi, challenged the difference in vote acquisition with another Gerindra candidate named Hasim after the repeat voting process (PSU). The Petitioner's vote acquisition in the voting on February 14, 2024, was 19 votes and candidate no. 2 from Gerindra acquired 13 votes.

Then, in the repeat voting on February 22, 2024, the Petitioner acquired 38 votes and candidate no. 2 from Gerindra acquired 93 votes. According to the Petitioner, the voting and vote counting on February 14, 2024, went well and smoothly, and there were no objections to the vote count at TPS 04, Mekar Utama Village.

Additionally, the repeat voting was not proposed by the Polling Station Organizer Group (KPPS) but rather on the recommendation of the Ketapang District Bawaslu due to two voters who were not recognized as valid on the additional final voters list. Therefore, according to the Petitioner, the repeat voting is invalid, and the Petitioner's vote acquisition in the voting on February 14, 2024, should be reinstated.

Author: Mimi Kartika
Editor: Lulu Anjarsari P.
Humas: Fauzan Febriyan

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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