Tri Wiyono Susilo (legal counsel) testifying in the governor election results dispute hearing for Case No. 265/PHPU.GUB-XXIII/2025 before Deputy Chief Justice Saldi Isra (panel chair) and Constitutional Justices Ridwan Mansyur and Arsul Sani on panel 2, Wednesday (8/1/2025). Photo by MKRI/Teguh

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JAKARTA (MKRI) – East Java governor and vice governor candidates 03 Tri Rismaharini and Zahrul Azhar Asumta (Risma-Gus Hans) claimed that there had been document manipulation involving the alteration of the C-Results-KWK-Governor form data at the polling stations. This was presented by the candidates’ legal counsel at the preliminary examination hearing of the East Java governor election results dispute on Wednesday, January 8, 2025 at the Constitutional Court (MK).

"[It is] because we suspect the C-Results forms stored in Sirekap [KPU’s vote recapitulation information system] have been manipulated. We have constantly stated that there is an anomaly," said the legal counsel Tri Wiyono Susilo regarding Case No. 265/PHPU.GUB-XXIII/2025 before Deputy Chief Justice Saldi Isra (panel chair) and Constitutional Justices Ridwan Mansyur and Arsul Sani on panel 2 in the courtroom of Building II.

The 2024 East Java governor election (Pilgub) was contested by three candidate pairs: candidate pair 01 Luluk Nur Hamidah-Lukmanul Khakim with 1,797,332 votes, candidate pair 02 Khofifah Indar Parawansa-Emil Elestianto Dardak with 12,192,165 votes, and candidate pair 03 Risma-Gus Hans with 6,743,095 votes. The total number of valid votes amounted to 20,732,592, while 1,204,610 votes were invalid. However, the Petitioners alleged that additional votes were inflated votes for candidate pair 02 across 34,282 polling stations spread over 38 regencies/cities.

According to the Petitioners, the determination of the vote recapitulation by the General Election Commission (KPU), as the Respondent, was incorrect and invalid. The Petitioners argued that violations, negligence, and errors occurred during the vote count process in several regencies/cities, which were contrary to statutory laws and regulations.

Sirekap Manipulation

Risma-Gus Hans argued that the alleged manipulation of the KPU’s vote recapitulation information system (Sirekap) was responsible for the stability of the vote counts for Candidate Pair 02. According to the Petitioners, the primary indication of this manipulation was that the polling station data stored in Sirekap appeared to be filtered or selectively processed to maintain a stable vote percentage. The polling station data with vote patterns that did not support this stability were likely excluded or not configured into the system.

The Petitioners further explained that at the polling station level, manipulation was evident through alterations to the C-Results-KWK-Governor forms, including the crossing out and submission of duplicate forms with conflicting results. This manipulation was facilitated by irregularities such as the use of the final voter list (DPT) reaching 100 percent in thousands of polling stations, particularly in specific regions like Sampang and Pamekasan, which seemed aimed at benefiting particular candidates. It demonstrated that the vote manipulation had been planned with a consistent pattern.

At the PPK (District Election Committee) level, the transfer of votes from the C-Results-KWK-Governor forms to the D-Results-District-KWK-Governor forms became the primary method for inflating the votes of a particular candidate. The recapitulation process at the district level revealed a significant reduction in votes for other candidate pairs, which directly impacted the final results. Such manipulation further reinforced the suspicion that election organizers at every level were involved in the irregularities.

The legal counsel added that at the regency/city and the provincial KPU level, this manipulation was exacerbated by a non-transparent recapitulation system, including the alleged filtering of data in Sirekap. Polling station data that did not align with the stability of certain results was allegedly disregarded. Instead of ensuring fairness, the system was allegedly manipulated to steer the outcomes in favor of specific interests.

Overall, these violations demonstrated that the election organizers had influenced the implementation of the election. The KPU, as the institution responsible for organizing the election, must be held accountable for the systemic issues that occurred. He emphasized that an independent and fully transparent investigation into the entire recapitulation process would be an urgent and necessary step to restore public trust in democracy in East Java.

The vote transfer from C-Results-KWK Governor to D-Results-Prov-KWK-Governor forms resulted in votes for Candidate Pair 01 and Candidate Pair 03 being transferred during the recapitulation from polling stations to districts, leading to a significant increase of votes for Candidate Pair 02.

Distribution of Social Assistance

This was followed by the distribution of social assistance under the Family Hope Program (PKH) to 1,467,753 families, allegedly influencing 3,559,409 votes. An anomaly in voter participation, ranging from 90-100 percent, accounted for an additional 743,784 votes. The transfer of votes from Candidate Pair 03 to Candidate Pair 02 amounted to 837,361 votes. The total anomaly in invalid votes was 1,204,610, bringing the combined total to 6,341,164 votes.

In their petitum, the Petitioners requested the Court to annul the Decree of East Java KPU No. 63 of 2024 on the certification of the 2024 East Java governor election results, which was issued in Surabaya on December 9, 2024, at 09:30 PM WIB. The Petitioners also requested the Court to disqualify the candidate pair Khofifah-Emil, arguing that they had committed structured, systematic, and massive violations during the 2024 East Java governor election.

The Petitioners requested the Court to determine the correct vote acquisition  based on their petitioner's version for the election in the East Java KPU Decree No. 63 of 2024, as follows: Luluk-Lukmanul with 1,797,332 votes and Risma-Gus Hans with 6,743,095 votes. The Petitioners also requested the Court to order the East Java KPU to carry out a revote in the East Java governor election at all polling stations in the province, with the participation of Candidate Pair 01 and Candidate Pair 03, excluding Candidate Pair 02.

Author  : Mimi Kartika
Editor   : N. Rosi
Translators     : Nazila Rikhusshuba/ FS (RA)

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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