The Petitioner’s legal counsels Cepi Hendrayani and Novianto Rahmantyo at the ruling hearing for the 2024 legislative election results dispute case No. 81-02-14-25/PHPU.DPR-DPRD-XXII/2024 of North Sulawesi 1, Friday (6/7/2024). Photo by MKRI/Ifa.

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JAKARTA (MKRI) — The Constitutional Court (MK) rejected the 2024 DPR-DPRD (House of Representatives-Regional Legislative Council) election results dispute petition for case No. 81-02-14-25PHPU.DPR-DPRD-XXII/2024 on Friday, June 7, 2024. The case was petitioned by Harley Alfredo Benfica Mangindaan, a DPRD candidate for the electoral district of North Sulawesi 1 from the Democratic Party. The Court concluded that the Petitioner petition was legally unfounded in its entirety. The verdict was delivered on Friday, June 7, 2024 in the plenary courtroom.

“Relating to the petition’s subject matter, [the Court] rejects the Petitioner’s petition in its entirety,” said Chief Justice Suhartoyo delivering the verdict alongside the other eight constitutional justices.

In its legal considerations, delivered by Constitutional Justice Arsul Sani, the Court asserted that the Court found that the Petitioner’s claim regarding the increase in votes for the Relevant Party (Royke Reynald Anter) and the decrease in votes for the Petitioner was unsubstantiated. After thoroughly examining the evidence submitted by the Petitioner, the Court concluded that the Petitioner had failed to provide convincing proof of any increase in votes for the Relevant Party, who was a fellow Democrat candidate, and the decrease in the Petitioner’s votes at 15 polling stations in Manado City as alleged.

Regarding the Petitioner’s claim of an additional vote for the Relevant Party at TPS (polling station) 03 of Dendengan Dalam Village, the Court found that the discrepancy of one vote had been corrected during the subdistrict plenary meeting. The vote count was adjusted from 8 to 9, as confirmed by the D-result form and Bawaslu’s (Elections Supervisory Body) records, with all participants, including the Democratic Party witnesses, agreeing and signing the documents.

Regarding the Petitioner’s claim of additional votes for the Relevant Party at 13 polling stations, including TPS 02 of Manado Tua Dua Village, TPS 06 of Paniki Bawah Village, TPS 013 of Bailang Village, TPS 02 of Bunaken Village, TPS 20 of East Malalayang Satu Village, TPS 17 of Pakowa Village, TPS 35 of Teling Atas Village, TPS 16 of North Karombasan Village, TPS 09 of South Karombasan Village, TPS 14 of West Kombos Village, TPS 03 of Banjer Village, TPS 01 of Pinaesaan Village, and TPS 27 of Mahawu Village, the Court found that the votes at these locations matched the records in the subdistrict D-result form. This finding was corroborated by Bawaslu’s statements and written evidence.

Lastly, regarding the Petitioner’s claim of reduced votes at TPS 14 of West Kombos Village, and TPS 10 of Bumi Beringin, the Court found that the votes matched the records in the subdistrict D-result form. This finding was also corroborated by Bawaslu’s statements and the submitted written evidence.

Thus, the Court concluded that, based on the entire legal considerations, the Petitioner had failed to prove his claims regarding the additional votes for the Relevant Party and the reduced votes for the Petitioner in the election for the North Sulawesi Provincial DPRD in electoral district North Sulawesi 1.

Also read:

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Author              : Adam Ilyas.
Editor                : Nur R.
Translators        : Sedanti Anjali Putri/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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