Legal counsel Francine Widjojo dan Dede Gustiwan at the preliminary hearing for case No. 292-01-15-33/PHPU.DPR-DPRD-XXII/2024 in panel 2, Friday (8/9/2024). Photo by MKRI/Teguh.

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Legal counsel Francine Widjojo dan Dede Gustiwan at the preliminary hearing for case No. 292-01-15-33/PHPU.DPR-DPRD-XXII/2024 in panel 2, Friday (8/9/2024). Photo by MKRI/Teguh.

JAKARTA (MKRI) — Following the Constitutional Court’s (MK) ruling on June 10, 2024, the Indonesian Solidarity Party (PSI) filed a petition challenging the 2024 election results dispute pertaining to the election of Papua Provincial Regional Legislative Council (DPRD) in Papua 3 electoral district. PSI requests the annulment of the KPU Decree No. 1050 of 2024 on the amendment to the KPU Decree No. 360 of 2024 on the nationwide certification of the 2024 legislative election results of the DPR (House of Representatives), DPD (Regional Representatives Council), and Provincial and Regency/City DPRD (Regional Legislative Council) announced on Sunday, July 28, 2024 at 17:44 WIB.

The preliminary hearing for the 2024 election results dispute (PHPU) case was presided over by panel 2, consisting of Deputy Chief Justice Saldi Isra (panel chair) and Constitutional Justices Ridwan Mansyur and Asrul Sani. It took place on Friday, August 9, 2024 at a panel courtroom in the Court’s second building.

At the hearing for case No. 292-01-15-33/PHPU.DPR-DPRD-XXII/2024, legal counsels Francine Widjojo and Dede Gustiwan took turns to convey the petition’s subject matters. One of them is the votes for the 2024 Papua Provincial DPRD election in Sentani District in Papua 3 electoral district. The Petitioner alleges that the results were invalid and legally flawed because the repeat recapitulation in Sentani District had taken place past the deadline set by the Constitutional Court in Decisions No. 17-01-05-33/PHPU.DPR-DPRD-XXII/2024 and No. 202-01-08-33/PHPU.DPR-DPRD-XXII/2024 handed down on June 10, 2024.

Widjojo said the Court rulings ordered that the repeat recapitulation for the election in said district be carried out no later than 21 days since the decision was pronounced, or no later than June 31. The Jayapura Regency Elections Supervisory Body (Bawaslu) had reminded the General Elections Commission (KPU) through a letter on June 30, but the KPU only repeated the recapitulation on July 2 and 3, past the Court-ordered deadline.

Bawaslu Absent

Widjojo also said that the Jayapura Regency Bawaslu had been absent from the repeat recapitulation. On July 2, the Jayapura Regency Bawaslu’s chairperson and members had walked out of the recapitulation meeting as a protest against the Jayapura Regency KPU’s violation.

“The Jayapura Regency Bawaslu did not attend the reading of the minutes of the repeat recapitulation for Sentani District on July 3, 2024, which is affirmed by the Petitioner’s objection in the notes of incidents by witnesses of the repeat recapitulation of the 2024 election for the Papua Provincial DPRD election in Papua 3 electoral district dated July 3, 2024,” Widjojo said.

Losing Seat

Dede said that the Petitioner believes there has been a glaring discrepancy between the number of voters and voter turnout in Sentani District in the KPU Decree No. 1050 of 2024 and that in the recapitulation before the Constitutional Court ruling. There should have been no change to the final voters list (DPT) since no revote had taken place.

He also alleged that the repeat recapitulation had not been clean as there were no vote results forms on the votes for the People’s Conscience Party (Hanura), the Labor Party, and United Development Party (PPP). Bawaslu asked the KPU to find the vote results form of those three parties. This, the Petitioner alleged, indicated soiled ballot box, which led to impure C-result form. As a consequence, the results of the initial recapitulation and the repeat recapitulation were vastly different and inaccurate.

“In the initial recapitulation in Sentani District, the Petitioner earned 3,433 votes and one seat in the Papua Provincial DPRD, or the ninth seat, in the 2024 election. However, due to the problematic repeat recapitulation, the Petitioner’s votes decreased by 1,128 to 2,305 and it lost the one seat in the Papua Provincial DPRD,” Dede said.

Therefore, the Petitioner requests that the Court annul the KPU Decree No. 1050 of 2024 on the amendment to the KPU Decree No. 360 of 2024 on the nationwide certification of the 2024 legislative election results of the DPR (House of Representatives), DPD (Regional Representatives Council), and Provincial and Regency/City DPRD (Regional Legislative Council) as it pertains to the results of the Papua Provincial DPRD election for Papua 3 electoral district, Jayapura Regency, Papua Province in Sentani District for passing the deadline set in the Constitutional Court Decisions No. 17-01-05-33/PHPU.DPR-DPRD-XXII/2024 and No. 202-01-08-33/PHPU.DPR-DPRD-XXII/2024 dated June 10, 2024.

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Author         : Sri Pujianti
Editor          : N. Rosi
Translator    : Yuniar Widiastuti (NL)

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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