Deputy Chief Justice Saldi Isra (panel chair) and Constitutional Justices Ridwan Mansyur and Arsul Sani presiding over the 2024 Depok mayoral election results dispute for case No. 113/PHPU.WAKO-XXIII/2025, Wednesday (1/8/2025). Photo by MKRI/Teguh.

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JAKARTA (MKRI) — Depok mayor-vice mayor candidates 01 Imam Budi Hartono and Ririn Farabi A.Rafiq (Imam-Ririn) withdrew their petition on the results of the 2024 Depok City Election. This was confirmed by panel 2 chair Justice Saldi Isra at the preliminary hearing held on Wednesday, January 8, 2025. Neither Imam-Ririn nor their legal counsel attended the hearing.

“Depok [mayoral candidates] withdrew the petition and are absent [from the hearing],” said Deputy Chief Justice Saldi, who presided over the preliminary hearing alongside Constitutional Justices Ridwan Mansyur and Arsul Sani.

Imam-Ririn registered their 2024 mayoral election results dispute petition to the Court on Friday, December 6, 2024. The petition was registered as Case No. 113/PHPU.WAKO-XXIII/2025.

The Petitioners argued that there were fraudulent practices and/or violations in the form of the politicization of ASN (state civil apparatus) or bureaucracy in the 2024 Depok mayoral election. They alleged that these violations had occurred in a structured, systematic, and massive (TSM) manner, thus not representing the actual vote acquisition in the 2024 Depok mayoral election. Therefore, in the petition, the Petitioners requested that the Depok City KPU (Elections Commission) decree be cancelled and that the Court order a revote at polling stations in the Districts of Cilodong, Cimanggis, Cipayung, Pancoran Mas, Sawangan, and Sukmajaya.

Author         : Ahmad Sulthon Zainawi
Editor          : Lulu Anjarsari P.
Translators  : Dinta Aktivia/Yuniar Widiastuti (RA)

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