The ruling hearing for case No. 116/PHPU.BUP-XXIII/2025 on the 2024 Lingga regency election results dispute, Tuesday (2/4/2025). Photo by MKRI.

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JAKARTA (MKRI) — The Constitutional Court (MK) declared a decree in absence for the petition by Candidate Pair Number 2 Alias Wello-Muhammad Ishak for the 2024 Lingga regent election results dispute Case No. 116/PHPU.BUP-XXIII/2025. The decree was read out by the Chief Justice Suhartoyo, accompanied by eight constitutional justices in the plenary courtroom.

Prior to the pronouncement of the decree, Constitutional Justice Arief Hidayat stated that during a justice deliberation meeting, it had been concluded that the Court should issue a decree in absence for the petition. “A decree in absence [is handed down for the petition],” said Chief Justice Suhartoyo on Tuesday, February 4, 2025.

Also read: Petitioner’s Absence Leads to Dismissal of Lingga Regent Election Results Dispute

At the preliminary hearing on Wednesday, January 8, 2025, neither the Petitioners nor his legal counsel was present. The petition states that candidate pair number 1, Muhammad Nizar-Novriza, had allegedly abused their authority to benefit the Relevant Party. Some of these abuses of authority include the use of the regional budget grant program through the Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) of Lingga Regency to win candidate pair number 1.

The Petitioners also accused the incumbent candidate of having committed corruption of the Lingga Regency Regional Government Budget, which was then used as a ticket to run for the 2024 Lingga regent election. The allegation was based on Exhibit P-27, which showed a 34-minute video of Muhammad Nizar with the chairman of the Lingga Regency DPRD (Regional Legislative Council) for the 2019-2024 period, Ahmad Nashirudin.

Author               : Nawir Arsyad Akbar
Editor                : Lulu Anjarsari P.
PR                    : Tiara Agustina
Translator         : Dinita Aktivia/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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