The Petitioners’ legal counsel Isnaldi (right) at the preliminary hearing for the Mappi regent election results dispute, Thursday (1/16/2025). Photo by MKRI/Bayu.

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JAKARTA (MKRI) — Regent Candidate Pair 3 Dinus Wanimbo and Gamael Eldorando Enumbi (Petitioners) accussed Candidate Pair 1 Irinus Wanimbo dan Arson R. Kogoya (Relevant Party) of shifting votes from their three rival pairs. These arguments were delivered at the preliminary hearing for Case No. 303/PHPU.BUP-XXIII/2025 in the Constitutional Court (MK) on Thursday, January 16, 2025.

The hearing was presided over by Constitutional Justice Arief Hidayat (panel chair) and Constitutional Justices Anwar Usman and Enny Nurbaningsih on panel 3. Isnaldi, one of the Petitioners’ legal counsels, said there had been vote transfers from three candidate pairs to the Relevant Party happening in Gilubandu and Telenggeme Districts. “There was also a Bawaslu recommendation to rectify it, yet the Respondent didn’t implement it,” he mentioned.

The Petitioners alleged the Tolikara KPU (Elections Commission) as Respondent had not carried out recapitulation for the Petitioners in six districts of Tolikara: Aweku, Air Garam, Wugi, Kembu, Yuneri, and Nunggawi Districts.

On these indications of violation, they reported the Respondent to Bawaslu (Elections Supervisory Body), who then issued a recommendation. However, the Respondent dismissed it. “[We] requested for a revote in six districts: Aweku, Air Garam, Wugi, Kembu, Yuneri, and Nunggawi Districts,” Isnaldi explained.

The Petitioners believe the actual votes they received should be 900 votes in Aweku District, 1,010 in Wugi District, 3,175 in Kembu District, 6,916 in Yuneri District, and 7,290 in Nunggawi District. They also insisted that they should have acquired 470 votes in Telenggeme District and 1,129 in Gilubandu District.

Hence, in their petitums, the Petitioners requested that the Court grant their petition in its entirety or to annul the Tolikara KPU Decree No. 349 of 2024 on the certification of the 2024 Tolikara regent election results dated 16 December 2024.

Author         : Utami Argawati
Editor           : Lulu Anjarsari P.
PR               : Tiara Agustina
Translator     : M. Hafidh Al Mukmin/Yuniar Widiastuti (NL) (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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