Daniel Febrian Karunia Herpas, the petitioner's attorney, conveying the main point of his petition during the hearing of the dispute over the general election results for the West Java Provincial DPRD Members of Bogor City 3 on Friday (9/8/2024) in the Constitutional Court. Photo by MKRI/Ifa.

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JAKARTA, MKRI - The Constitutional Court (MK) held a hearing on the Legislative Election Results Disputes (PHPU Legislative) for the West Java Provincial DPRD (Regional People's Representative Council)  Member for Bogor City 3 on Friday, August 9, 2024, in the MK Plenary Room. The petition, registered under Case Number 291-01-04-12/PHPU.DPR-DPRD-XXII/2024, was filed by the Golkar Party.

The Petitioner expressed dissatisfaction with the KPU (General Elections Commission) of Bogor City regarding its supervision of the implementation of the Constitutional Court Decision Number 94-01-04-12/PHPU.DPR-DPRD-XXII/2024, which was also filed by the Golkar Party. In this decision, the Constitutional Court instructed the KPU  to compare the Petitioner's votes recorded in the C.Result-DPRD Regency/City document with those in the D.Result Sub-district -DPRD Regency/City Bogor across 10 polling stations.

In the hearing, Daniel Febrian Karunia Herpas, the Petitioner's legal counsel, explained that during the comparison process between Form C.Results and Form D. Sub-district Results conducted on June 19, 2024, discrepancies were found, particularly at polling stations 17 in Bubulak Village, 36 in Curug Village, and 30 in Cilendek Timur Village.

“In the C Results for polling station 17 in Bubulak Village, the Golkar Party received 135 votes, but the Form D Results recorded only 69 votes for the Golkar Party. These discrepancies arose because the C Results form was altered by the Respondent, changing the Golkar vote count from 135 to 69, without any objections from political party witnesses or Bawaslu,” Daniel Febrian Karunia Herpas stated before the panel of justices led by Chief Justice Suhartoyo.

Additionally, Daniel explained that for polling station 36 in Curug Village, the Golkar Party's vote count was recorded as 34 votes on Form C.Results. However, during the comparison process, it was noted that the Form C.Results had numbers written in the right-hand column of each section, but these numbers were not accompanied by initials.

Then, the numbers written outside the column were converted into 20 votes in the D results. However, these numbers written outside the column were not the correct pairing results. The version uploaded by the Respondent in Sirekap was a clean C Result without the additional numbers written outside the column, where the Golkar Party's vote count was 34 votes,” explained Daniel.

Daniel continued by stating that for polling station 30 in Cilendek Timur Village, the correct vote count for the Golkar Party was 204 votes on Form C.Results. However, during the comparison process, it was found that numbers had been added to the right of the Golkar Party vote column and the Total Valid Votes column on the Form C.Results, altering the count to 108 votes. In contrast, the form uploaded by the Respondent in Sirekap was a clean version of Form C.Results, without any additional numbers, showing the Golkar Party's vote count as 204 votes.

According to Daniel, the issues of discrepancies and alterations in the Petitioner's vote counts at polling station 17 in Bubulak Village, polling station 36 in Curug Village, and polling station 30 in Cilendek Timur Village were reported to the Election Supervisory Body of Bogor City (Bawaslu). On March 20, 2024, Bawaslu issued a decision acknowledging that the Respondent had made errors in recording the vote counts in Form Model D.Results for the Election of DPRD Members of Bogor City Election District 3, as the figures did not match those in Form Model C.Results from the polling stations. This decision by Bawaslu was taken into account by the Constitutional Court, which instructed the Respondent to reconcile the discrepancies between Form C.Results and Form D.Results at several polling stations, including the three mentioned.

Daniel stated, "If the Golkar Party's votes are corrected during the re-matching of Form C.Results and Form D.Results, particularly at the three polling stations—17 in Bubulak Village, 36 in Curug Village, and 30 in Cilendek Timur Village—the total vote acquisition for the Golkar Party in Bogor City DPRD Election District 3 would amount to 27,907 votes. When applying the Sainte-Laguë method for seat allocation, dividing this total by 5 gives 5,581 votes per seat, which exceeds the Nasdem Party's vote count by 14 votes, as Nasdem has 5,567 votes."

In light of the issues raised, the Petitioner requests that the Constitutional Court fully grant their petition. They seek the annulment of the General Election Commission of the Republic of Indonesia Decision Number 1050 of 2024, which amends Decision Number 360 of 2024. This amendment pertains to the determination of the results for the 2024 General Elections, including the President and Vice President, Members of the House of Representatives, Regional Representatives Council, Provincial Regional Representatives Council, and Regency/City Regional Representatives Council. The Petitioner is specifically asking for the decision to be annulled as it relates to the Bogor City DPRD for Election District 3, as of July 28, 2024, at 17:44 WIB.

Author: Utami Argawati

Editor             : Lulu Anjarsari P

PR                 : Fauzan F.

Translator       : Fuad Subhan

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