Petitioner's legal counsel Eka Rahmawati, attending the ruling hearing for case No. 78/PHPU.BUP-XXIII/2025 on the 2024 Buton election results dispute, Tuesday (2/4/2025). Photo by MKRI.

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JAKARTA (MKRI) – The Constitutional Court dismissed the petition on the 2024 Buton regent election results dispute filed by Candidate Pair 01 Syaraswati and Rasyid Mangura. This decision for Case No. 78/PHPU.BUP-XXIII/2025 was delivered by Chief Justice Suhartoyo at the ruling hearing for the 2024 election results dispute on Tuesday, February 4, 2025.

Chief Justice Suhartoyo clarified that the petition in this case did not meet the formal requirements. As a result, the Court had no hesitation in declaring the petition unclear or vague. Consequently, the Respondent’s and the Related Party’s exceptions, asserting that the petition lacks clarity, were deemed legally justified.

“[The Court] adjudicated, on the exception regarding the authority or deadline for filing the petition, on the petition’s subject matter: to declare the Petitioners’ petition inadmissible,” said Chief Justice Suhartoyo while reading out the verdict for this case in the plenary courtroom, alongside the other eight constitutional justices.

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At the preliminary examination hearing on Wednesday, January 15, 2025, the legality of the master’s diploma (“M.M.”) of Buton Candidate Number 06 Syarifudin Saafa was questioned during the nomination process for candidates for the 2024 Buton regency election. The reason is that the titled was obtained from Timbul Nusantara University postgraduate program in 2017, with the study starting in 2015. However, based on a verification letter by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology, the candidate was not registered as a student in the management program whose diploma had been issued on November 10, 2017.

The Petitioners also argued that the margin in vote acquisition with the Relevant Party (Candidate Pair Number 06) as announced by the Buton Regency KPU (Elections Commission, Respondent) was as follows: Candidate Number Pair 01 Syaraswati-Rasyid Mangura received 19,583 votes; Candidate Pair Number 02 La Bakri-Aris Marwansaputra received 6. 822 votes; Candidate Number 03 La Ode Naane-Akalim received 6,259 votes; Candidate Pair Number 04 received 3,380 votes; Candidate Pair Number 05 Bere Ali-Laode Muhammad Sumarlin received 4,130 votes; and Candidate Pair Number 06 received 22,462 votes. There was a difference of 2,879 votes as a result of structured, systematic, and massive (TSM) violations from the beginning to the completion of the election, which greatly affected the Petitioners’ votes. Therefore, the Petitioners request the cancellation of the certification of the 2024 Buton regent election results in the Buton Regency KPU Decree Number 840 of 2024.

Author  : Sri Pujianti
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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