Court Dismisses Rojikinnor-Vina Panduwinata Petition Over Missed Deadline

The ruling hearing for case 90/PHPU.WAKO-XXIII/2025 on the 2024 Palangka Raya mayoral election results dispute, Wednesday (2/5/2025). Photo by MKRI.

JAKARTA (MKRI) — On Wednesday, February 5, 2025, the Constitutional Court (MK) dismissed the petition during the ruling hearing on the 2024 Palangka Raya mayoral election results dispute. Chief Justice Suhartoyo presided over the hearing accompanied by eight other Justices in the plenary courtroom.

“On the petition’s subject matter, [the Court] declares the Petitioners’ petition in case No. 90/PHPU.WAKO-XXIII/2025 inadmissible,” stated Chief Justice Suhartoyo delivering the verdict.

Despite the Court authority, the candidate pair 1 Rojikinnor and Vina Panduwinata (the Petitioners) filed their petition late. According to Law No. 10 of 2016 and the Constitutional Court Regulation No. 3 of 2024, the Petitioners should have filed the petition within three days after the certification of vote results by (KPU) Election Commission.

In this case, the Palangka Raya KPU announced the said certification on December 3, 2024, setting a deadline on December 5, 2024. However, the Petitioner filed their petition late on December 6, 2024.

“Considering that the Petitioners’ petition filed past the deadline as referred in the Law No. 10 of 2016 and the Court Regulation No. 3 of 2024, the exception on deadline for filing petition is legally reasonable,” asserted Chief Justice Suhartoyo.

As such, the Court would not further consider the Petitioners’ subject matter, and ruled the petition inadmissible.

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At the preliminary hearing, the Petitioner argued that the Respondent and Relevant Parties had inflated votes in 342 polling stations (TPS) in Palangka Raya City. The Petitioner also argued about the existence of government structures that were also mobilized, ranging from sub-district heads, and village heads, to Neighborhood units (RT) and Community Units (RW). Then the Petitioner also mentioned the allegations of money politics or money politics conducted by the Relevant Parties in the election process. According to the Petitioner, there was a distribution of social assistance conducted by several local government agencies.

The Petitioner requests that the Panel of Constitutional Justice cancel the Decision of the General Election Commission Number 316 of 2024 concerning the Certification of the 2024 Election Results of the Mayor and Deputy Mayor of Palangka Raya.

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Court Dismisses Rojikinnor-Vina Panduwinata Petition Over Missed Deadline