The Petitioner’s legal counsel Fadly S. Tuanany at the Preliminary Hearing of Case Number 42/PHPU.WAKO-XXIII/2025 regarding the General Election Results Dispute of the Mayor of Ternate City. Photo by MKRI/Ifa
JAKARTA, MKRI - The Candidates Pair for Mayor and Deputy Mayor of Ternate, Number 04, Muhammad Syahril Abd. Radjak and Makmur Gamgulu, have filed a petition for the cancellation of the Ternate City General Election Commission (KPU) Decision Number 409 of 2024. This decision pertains to the certification of the results of the 2024 Mayor and Deputy Mayor election in Ternate City. The preliminary hearing of the dispute over the election results was held by Panel of Justice 1, presided over by Chief Justice Suhartoyo, along with Constitutional Justices Daniel Yusmic P. Foekh and M. Guntur Hamzah, on Tuesday, January 14, 2025.
In Case Number 42/PHPU.WAKO-XXIII/2025, Fadly S. Tuanany as the Petitioner's legal counsel describe the vote acquisition of each candidate pair according to the Respondent, as follow: Candidate Pair Number 01 Santrani M.S. Abusama-Bustamin S. Abdul Latif obtained 3,498 votes, Candidate Pair Number 02 Moh. Tauhid Soleman-Nasri Abubakar won 45,658 votes, Candidate Pair Number 03 Erwin Umar-Zulkifli Hi. Umar received 11,716 votes, and the Petitioner received 34,416 votes.
The petitioner assessed that Candidate Pair Number 02 Tauhid Soleman, who is an incumbent, took advantage of the power of the Ternate City Government State Civil Apparatus (ASN) through a local government programme three months before the election. The Ternate City Government also conduct activities for assistance carried out by related agencies driven by the incumbent and regional secretary and this activity is attended by his success team. In fact, by the Petitioner's observation, this actions that involve the bureaucracy were very intensively performed in order to influence voters to vote for certain candidate pairs.
“On November 25, Mayor Candidate Pair Number 02 Tauhid Soleman was reactivated from the campaign period and he directly handed over the burial land grant to Hitu Village,” said Fadly, clarifying one of the points in the petition.
For this reason, the Petitioner requests that the Court disqualify Candidate Pair Number 02 Moh. Tauhid Soleman - Nasri Abubakar from the Candidate for Mayor and Deputy Mayor of Ternate Period 2024 - 2029; order the Respondent to conduct re-voting at 176 polling stations in two sub-districts, namely Central Ternate City Sub-district 76 polling stations and South Ternate City Sub-district 100 polling stations.
Read Also: Petition Case Number 42/PHPU.WAKO-XXIII/2025
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