The ruling hearing for the 2024 Pasangkayu regent election results dispute Case No. 72/PHPU.BUP-XXIII/2025 in the plenary courtroom, Tuesday (2/4/2025). Photo by MKRI/Ifa
JAKARTA (MKRI) — The Constitutional Court (MK) ruled the petition for case No. 72/PHPU.BUP-XXIII/2025 on the 2024 Pasangkayu regent election results dispute inadmissible. The petition lodged by an election observer Lembaga Pemantau Gerak Langkah Indonesia (Indonesian Progression Monitoring Institute) was dismissed in the plenary courtroom on Tuesday, February 4, 2025.
Constitutional Justice Enny Nurbaningsih while reading out the Court's legal considerations stated that in the examination hearing, the Petitioners claimed to be an election observer in the Pasangkayu Regency accredited by the Pasangkayu Elections Commission (KPU). However, Justice Enny noted that the Petitioners could not show the articles of association/bylaws which proves his legal standing to file a petition as provisioned in Article 10 paragraph (2) of the Court Regulation No. 3 of 2025.
"In this regard, the Petitioners at the hearing stated to have submitted the articles of association/bylaws when registering to be an election observer. Then, the Petitioners submitted a copy of the articles of association/bylaws to the Court on January 15, 2025 as recorded in the supplementary receipt of electronic case registration No. 569/P-BUP/Pan.MK/01/2025 coded Evidence P-14.2," Justice Enny added.
Furthermore, upon the Court's inspection of the articles of association/bylaws, it was found that the institute has Eko Agus Purwanto as Chairperson, Afandi as Secretary, and Sahila Nurrahmah as Treasurer, while the Petitioners Putrawan Suryatno turned out to not be a board member of the organization. The Petitioners also failed to attach any proof evidencing his right to represent Indonesian Progression Monitoring Institute to file a petition at the Court. In fact, the Assignment Letter No. 21/ST/GALANG/7605/12/2024 assigning Putrawan Suryatno and Aprisal had not been signed by the board members
“Based on the entire legal considerations, the Respondent’s and the Relevant Party’s exceptions regarding the Petitioners’ legal standing is reasonable according to the law. Since the Respondent’s and the Relevant Party’s exceptions regarding the Petitioners’ legal standing is reasonable according to the law, the Court did not consider the Respondent and the Relevant Party's exceptions for the remainder," Justice Enny concluded.
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The Case Number 72/PHPU.BUP-XXIII/2025 was lodged by Lembaga Pemantau Gerak Langkah Indonesia (Indonesian Progression Monitoring Institute) represented by Putrawan Suryatno and Aprisal.
At the preliminary hearing, the Petitioners had highlighted the fact that 1 (one) candidate pair ran in regency election. Thus, Candidate Pair Yaumil Ambo Djiwa and Herny went against a blank vote—an alternative choice meaning the voters’ rejection of the sole candidate pair.
Author : Utami Argawati
Editor : Lulu Anjarsari P.
PR : Tiara Agustina
Translator : M. Hafidh Al Mukmin/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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