The ruling hearing for case No. 97/PHPU.WAKO-XXIII/2025 on the 2024 Kendari mayoral election results dispute, Tuesday (2/4/2025). Photo by MKRI/Ifa.

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JAKARTA (MKRI) — The Constitutional Court (MK) rendered the petition for Case No. 97/PHPU.WAKO-XXIII/2025 on the Kendari mayoral election results dispute inadmissible. The decree for the petition, filed by Candidate Pair 5 Abdul Rasak and Afdhal, was delivered in the ruling hearing chaired by Chief Justice Suhartoyo on Tuesday, February 4, 2025.

Specifically, Chief Justice Suhartoyo noted that the petition did not meet the formal requirements, thus the Court did not hesitate to declare the Petitioners' petition to be vague or obscure. Therefore, the Respondent and the Relevant Party's exceptions are reasonable according to law.

"[The Court] adjudicated, on the exception, to reject the exceptions related to the authority or the deadline of petition submissions. On the subject matter, [the Court] declares the Petitioners' petition inadmissible," said Chief Justice Suhartoyo reading the verdict alongside the eight constitutional justices at the plenary courtroom.

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At the previous hearing, the Petitioners requested the annulment of the Kendari KPU Decree No. 541 of 2024 on the certification of the mayoral election results. They mentioned the vote acquisition as follows: Candidate Pair 01 Siska Karina Imran–Sudirman obtains 61.831 votes, Candidate Pair 02 Yudhianto Mahardika Anton Timbang–Nirna Lachmuddin 41,044 votes, Candidate Pair 03 Sitya Giona Nur Alam–Subhan 19.419 votes, Candidate Pair 04 Aksan Jaya Putra–Andi Sulolipu 13,815 votes, and Candidate Pair 05 (Petitioners) 51,598 votes.

The Petitioners raised concerns about alleged violations by Candidate Pair 01 (Relevant Party), including the use of the National Mandate Party’s (PAN) logo as a campaign tool, which the Petitioners claimed had impacted their vote acquisition. The issue was reported to Bawaslu, but the Relevant Party allegedly ignored the recommendation. Additionally, the Petitioners reported a violation involving the distribution of cards with money, further asserting that these actions influenced the election results. They claimed to have reported these incidents to the Election Supervisory Body (Bawaslu).

Author  : Sri Pujianti
Editor   : Lulu Anjarsari P.

PR : Tiara Agustina
Translator     : M. Hafidh Al Mukmin/FS (RA)

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