Court Rejects Nasdem’s Petition for Central Java V

The Petitioner’s legal counsel Rio Chandra Kesuma and Muhammad Hidayat Arifin, attending a ruling hearing for the 2024 legislative election results dispute of Central Java Province for case No. 65-01-05-13/PHPU.DPR-DPRD-XXII/2024 on Friday (6/7/2024) in the Plenary Courtroom. Photo by MKRI/Ifa.

JAKARTA (MKRI) — The Constitutional Court (MK) rejected the 2024 DPR-DPRD (House of Representatives-Regional Legislative Council) election results dispute petitioned by NasDem (National Democratic Party) for the electoral district of Central Java V. The hearing to deliver the Ruling No. 65-01-05-13 /PHPU.DPR-DPRD-XXII/2024 was held on Friday, June 7, 2024 in the Plenary Courtroom.

Delivering the Court’s legal opinion, Deputy Chief Justice Saldi Isra explained that before the Court compared the evidence provided by the Nasdem as the Petitioner, General Elections Commission (KPU) as the Respondent, the Relevant Party, and the Elections Supervisory Body (Bawaslu), differences in vote acquisition of the Petitioner were found in the DPR C-Copy Result Form with the Petitioner's posita, for example, at Polling Station (TPS) 5 in Glagahwangi Village, Polanharjo Subdistrict. Regarding this matter, the hearing facts show that the testimony of the Petitioner's witness named Pata Hindra Aryanto stated that he was not competent to guarantee the originality of the DPR C-Result Form provided by the Petitioner. This indicated issues with the Petitioner's evidence that have implications for the credibility of the authenticity of the Petitioner's evidence.

If the evidence of the DPR C-Result Form presented by the Petitioner could be trusted, the Court would have conducted a comparison of the vote acquisition based on the evidence at 545 TPS in 44 subdistricts in Klaten Regency, Surakarta City, Boyolali Regency, and Sukoharjo Regency, within the Electoral District of Central Java V. In fact, the vote acquisition of the Petitioner has been accurate and consistent, and no discrepancies were found as alleged by the Petitioner. The differences in vote acquisition were only found in the DPR C-Copy Result Form submitted by the Petitioner. Thus, the Court believes that there was no reduction in the Petitioner's votes in the mentioned areas. Therefore, the Petitioner's arguments were not proven and legally groundless.

“[The Court] rejects the Petitioner’s petition in its entirety,” said Chief Justice Suhartoyo delivering the verdict.

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In the Preliminary Hearing took place on Monday, April 29, 2024, the Petitioner noted discrepancies in the count of votes that benefited several other political parties in the Electoral District of Central Java V, including Klaten, Boyolali, Sukoharjo, and Surakarta, totaling 11,539 votes. This vote migration resulted in the loss of seat allocation for DPR members in the Electoral District of the Central Java V. According to the Petitioner, the correct vote acquisition was 132,229 votes, while according to the Respondent, the NasDem's vote acquisition was only 123,690 votes. This vote migration occurred from several electoral districts to several Relevant Parties, such as Gerindra (the Great Movement Party), PSI (Indonesian Solidarity Party), Perindo (United Indonesia Party), Garuda (Indonesian Guard of Change Party), and PDI-P (Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle). Regarding these arguments, the Petitioner requested the Court to hand down a ruling declaring the Official Record of Recapitulation of Vote Counting Results Number 218/PL.01.08-BA/05/2024 in the 2024 General Election dated March 20, 2024, invalid and void.

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Court Rejects Nasdem’s Petition for Central Java V