Muhammad Alwi (Bawaslu) delivering his statement during the examination hearing of Case No. 232/PHPU.BUP-XXIII/2025 concerning the Jeneponto Regent Election Result Dispute on Friday (1/24/2025). Photo by MKRI/Teguh.
JAKARTA, MKRI - The Jeneponto Regency KPU (the Respondent) accused Candidate Pair Number 3 Muhammad Sarif and Moch Noer Alim Qalby (the Petitioners) of having deliberately manipulated the total number of votes for each candidate pair in the 10 questionable polling stations (TPS). The number of votes obtained according to the Respondent and the Petitioners at each questionable polling station has no difference, but on the total number of votes, there is.
“As [shown in the] evidence C. results that we have compared with D. results, Your Honour, there is no difference (in the vote acquisition), Your Honour,” stated the Respondent's legal counsel Riyan Franata in the 2024 Jeneponto regent election results dispute hearing on Friday, January 24, 2025.
The Respondent said the Petitioners presented each candidate's vote at each TPS in the questionable 10 TPS. The number of votes presented was the same as the number of votes in the tabulation data in the vote counting result document at the TPS level (C. Results-KWK-Regent/Mayor form) and the vote counting result document at the district level (D. District Results-KWK-Regent/Mayor). However, in the column of the total number of votes in all TPS (10 TPS), there are differences in the total vote count. According to the Respondent, the Petitioners were mistaken in adding up the votes of each candidate pair at the 10 TPS.
The Petitioners questioned the 10 TPS where there were allegations of election administration violations. The Jeneponto KPU also did not implement the recommendation from the General Election Supervisory Committee (Panwaslu) to conduct re-voting at these questionable polling stations. However, KPU Jeneponto argued that their party including the election organizer at the lower level could compile a legal review by taking into account the fulfillment of the elements of an election administration violation and then conduct a plenary meeting to examine and decide on the follow-up of the election administration violation.
In this matter, the Respondent adheres to the statutory provisions governing the procedures and mechanisms for conducting re-voting at the polling stations. The Respondent pointed out that there was indeed a recommendation from the Kelara district Panwaslu regarding alleged election administration violations at TPS 005 Tolo Barat Village in the form of several voters (who had) voted more than once at different TPS. However, only one voter had exercised his voting rights more than once at different TPS, Sulaeman at TPS 004 Paitana Village, Turatea District based on C. Register of Permanent Voters-KWK and at TPS 005 Tolo Barat Village based on the Register of Special Voters. However, because only one voter has voted more than once at different TPS, the Respondent through the Kelara District Election Committee (PPK) stated that they did not find the facts fulfilled the elements of election administration violations and did not meet the requirements as stipulated in Article 112 paragraph (2) letter d of the Election Law in conjunction with Article 50 paragraph 3 letter d of KPU Regulation No.17 of 2024.
According to the Respondent, the Petitioners had mistakenly used the data referred to as the Permanent Voter List (DPT) at the 10 TPS. The Petitioners stated that the number of DPT in the 10 TPS was 5,387 voters. However, the Respondent recorded the number of DPT in the 10 TPS as 5,262 voters. Meanwhile, the total number of voters the Respondent and the Petitioners mentioned was 3,592 voters.
The Respondent states that the Petitioners’ argument that questions the 10 TPS above is not well-founded according to the law. The 10 TPS questioned by the Petitioner are as follows: TPS 001 South Tolo and TPS 005 West Tolo in Kelara District; TPS 002 Tanammawang, TPS 005 Bulusibatang, TPS 003 Kareloe, and TPS 004 Kareloe in Bontoramba District; and TPS 001 Mangepong, TPS 005 Mangepong, TPS 002 Langkura, and TPS 004 Bontomatene in Turatea District.
Candidate Number 2 Paris Yasir and Islam Iskandar (the Relevant Party) said the Petitioners’ arguments regarding the alleged violations at the 10 TPS were mistaken. For example, the voter on behalf of Sulaeman is indeed on a Permanent Voter List (DPT) at TPS 004 Paitana Village, Turatea District and he is also listed in the Special Voter List (DPK) at TPS 005 Tolo Barat Village. However, according to the Relevant Party, the Petitioners did not prove that Sulaeman exercised his right to vote at the two TPS. This is because the Relevant Party found that voters on behalf of Sulaeman used their voting rights only at polling station 005 Tolo Barat Village, Kelara District as DPK voters and never used their voting rights at polling station 004 Paitana Village, Turatea District as DPT voters.
“That is a variable that is far or less the same as some of the things that have been raised regarding voters who voted more than once, Your Honour,” said the Relevant Party's legal counsel Irham in front of Panel 2 Justice presided over by Deputy Chief Justice Saldi Isra (panel chair) and Constitutional Justices Ridwan Mansyur and Arsul Sani on panel 2.
The Chairman of the Jeneponto Regency Bawaslu Muhammad Alwi said that Bawaslu had sent 13 recommendations to the Respondent for the alleged violations. However, of the 13 recommendations, only two were followed up or implemented by the Respondent, but these two recommendations did not become the arguments requested by the Petitioners.
“There are 11 recommendations [ from the Bawaslu] that have not been followed up,” stated Alwi.
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KPU Ignored Revote Recommendation in Jeneponto Regent Election
Candidate Number 2 Paris Yasir and Islam Iskandar the Petitioners of Case No. 232/PHPU.BUP-XXIII/2025 argued that the Bawaslu's recommendations that were not implemented by the Respondents are affecting their votes. The Jeneponto KPU has determined the vote acquisition of each candidate pair as follows: Candidate Number 1 Efendi Al Qadri Mulyadi-Andry Suryana Arief Bulu obtained 7,141 votes, Candidate Number 2 Paris Yasir-Islam Iskandar obtained 89,147 votes, Candidate Number 3 Muhammad Sarif-Moch Noer Alim Qalby obtained 88,083 votes, and Candidate Number 4 Syamsuddin Karlos-M Syafruddin Nurdin obtained 27,543 votes. However, the correct votes according to the Petitioners should have been Candidate Number 1 Efendi Al Qadri Mulyadi-Andry Suryana Arief Bulu received 6,856 votes, Candidate Number 2 Paris Yasir-Islam Iskandar received 83,657 votes, Candidate Number 3 Muhammad Sarif-Moch Noer Alim Qalby received 85,547 votes, and Candidate Number 4 Syamsuddin Karlos-M Syafruddin Nurdin received 26,119 votes. The votes were obtained if the votes of each candidate in 25 TPS were declared zero.
The Petitioners request the Court to cancel the Jeneponto Regency KPU Decree No 799 of 2024 concerning the certification of the vote acquisition of the 2024 Jeneponto regent election results dated December 8, 2024, and determine the correct vote acquisition according to the Petitioners, as follows: Candidate Number 1 Efendi Al Qadri Mulyadi-Andry Suryana Arief Bulu 6. 856 votes, Candidate Number 2 Paris Yasir-Islam Iskandar 83,657 votes, Candidate Number 3 Muhammad Sarif-Moch Noer Alim Qalby 85,547 votes, and Candidate Number 4 Syamsuddin Karlos-M Syafruddin Nurdin 26,119 votes. Or at least order the Jeneponto KPU to conduct re-voting in the 25 polling stations argued by the Petitioners.
Read more:
The Petition for Case No. 232/PHPU.BUP-XXIII/2025
Response by the Respondent
Statement by Bawaslu
Statement by the Relevant Party
Author : Sri Pujianti
Editor : Mimi Kartika.
Translator : Dinita Aktivia/FS (RA)
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