Petitioners' legal counsel Pangeran at the preliminary hearing of the Mamberamo Jaya regent election results dispute, Wednesday (1/15/2025). Photo by MKRI/Ifa.

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JAKARTA (MKRI) — Candidate Pair 4 Alfons Sesa and Yakobus Britai surfaced an allegation of the use of the noken system in the Mamberamo Raya regent election results dispute on Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at the Constitutional Court (MK). Polling station working committee (KPPS) members of Mamberamo Hulu District allegedly voted the ballots in a way that emulates noken system, even though Mamberamo Raya Regency no longer employed the system as stated in General Elections Commission (KPU) Regulation No. 1774 of 2024. The preliminary hearing for Case No. 286/PHPU.BUP-XXIII/2025 was presided over by Chief Justice Suhartoyo (panel chair) and Constitutional Justices Daniel Yusmic P. Foekh and M. Guntur Hamzah on panel 1.

The Petitioners' legal counsel Pangeran mentioned that the KPPS members had carried out polling in a way to resemble the noken system on November 27, 2024. Hence, a recommendation for revote in Polling Station 1 of Papasena Hamlet was issued by the Mamberamo Hulu voters supervisory committee (Panwaslih). Subsequently, the Respondent issued Statement Letter No. 235 of 2024 on the assignment of revote in several polling stations in Waropen Atas, Mamberamo Hulu, Rufaer, Mamberamo Tengah, and East Mamberamo Tengah Districts. While the revote was scheduled on December 6, it was only implemented on December 7, 2024. Yet, the similar incident occurred in Polling Station 1 of Papasena II Hamlet, Mamberamo Hulu District.

"The Petitioners request the Court to annul the Mamberamo Raya KPU Decree No. 250 of 2024 on the certification of the regent election results, to disqualify Candidate Pair 1  Robby Wilson Sumansara–Kevin Totow from the election, and to order the Respondent to conduct a revote in all polling stations in the regency," Pangeran concluded in the reading of the petitums.

The petition for Case No. 286/PHPU.BUP-XXIII/2025 can be accessed here.

Author : Sri Pujianti

Editor : N. Rosi

Translator : M. Hafidh Al Mukmin/FS

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