Bawaslu’s representative Abd. Kodrat testifying in the examination hearing for Case No. 38/PHPU.BUP-XXIII/2025 on the regent election results dispute before Deputy Chief Justice Saldi Isra and Constitutional Justices Ridwan Mansyur and Arsul Sani on panel 2, Wednesday (1/22/2025). Photo by MKRI/Teguh.

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JAKARTA (MKRI) — The Constitutional Court (MK) held an examination hearing for Case No. 38/PHPU.BUP-XXIII/2025 on the West Pesisir regent election results dispute on Wednesday, January 22, 2025. The hearing, presided over by Deputy Chief Justice Saldi Isra and Constitutional Justices Ridwan Mansyur and Arsul Sani, focused on hearing testimonies from the Respondent, Relevant Party, and Bawaslu, as well as validate evidence.

The West Pesisir KPU (Election Commission), represented by legal counsel Fikri Surya, explained their decision not to implement the West Pesisir Bawaslu's recommendation for a revote at one polling station in Way Krui District. The Respondent stated that the recommendation was not executed because, according to the Regional Head Election Law Article 112 paragraph (2) letter e in conjunction with KPU Regulation No. 17 of 2024 Article 50 paragraph (3), a revote requires the involvement of more than one individual.

Fikri further explained that another reason for not implementing the recommendation was that, based on the election facts, only one individual was unregistered as a voter but used their voting rights at TPS 01. Additionally, the West Pesisir Bawaslu did not provide a detailed analysis supporting the need for a revote, and the legal argument referenced was based on the Election Law rather than the Regional Head Election Law.

"There were no objections from the Petitioners’ witness at the polling stations regarding unregistered voters exercising their right to vote," said Fikri.

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Abd. Kodrat, representing the West Pesisir Bawaslu, explained that the revote recommendation was based on observations by polling station supervisors. During voting, the Relevant Party’s witness objected to the polling station working committee (KPPS) because a voter named M. Farel Pratama cast a vote using the C-Notification KWK forms on behalf of Iqbal Iqrom. Consequently, the Way Krui District elections supervisory committee (Panwaslu) recommended a revote. However, upon further review of the report and findings related to the primary request from the West Pesisir Bawaslu, no evidence of election violations or dispute petitions was identified.

Candidate Pair 01 Dedi Irawan and Irawan Topani (Relevant Party), through their legal counsel Hermansyah Dulaimi, argued that the Respondent had conducted all stages of the 2024 West Pesisir regent election professionally while maintaining neutrality as an election organizer. Hermansyah further stated that the West Pesisir Bawaslu had carried out supervision in stages, as evidenced by the results at the district level, documented in the minutes signed by all witnesses from candidate pairs, as well as the supervisory committee and the implementing committee at all polling stations.

Therefore, the Relevant Party, in their petitums, requested the Court to reject the Petitioners’ petition in its entirety and to affirm the validity of the Respondent's decree on the certification of the 2024 West Pesisir regent election results.

Also read: Petition for Case No. 38/PHPU.BUP-XXIII/2025

Author  : Ahmad Sulthon Zainawi
Editor   : N. Rosi
Translator     : 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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