The Petitioners’ legal counsel La Ode M. Rusliadi Suhi at the ruling hearing for case No. 282/PHPU.BUP-XXIII/2025 PHPU on the Mamberamo Raya regent election results dispute, Wednesday (2/5/2025). Photo by MKRI/Ifa.

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JAKARTA (MKRI) — Terianus Levin and Samuel Alle, having never been duly registered at the Mamberamo Raya Regency Elections Commission (KPU), failed to be a prospective candidate pair in the 2024 regent election. Constitutional Justice M. Guntur Hamzah delivered the Court’s legal consideration for the case at the ruling hearing on Wednesday, February 5, 2025.

The registration receipt supposedly issued by the Mamberamo Raya KPU had not been presented or validated at the examination hearing, Justice Guntur continued. Therefore, the Court lacked confidence in the validity of the evidence of Terianus and Samuel’s candidacy registration argued by Candidate Pair 03 Ever Mudumi and Mada Marlince Rumaikew (Petitioners).

“Thus, the Petitioners’ argument regarding the unprofessionalism of the Mamberamo Raya Elections Commission was not reasonable according to law,” explained Justice Guntur in the plenary courtroom.

He also noted the Petitioners’ petition alleging structured, systematic, and massive (TSM) violations committed by the Respondent. The allegation had been processed according to the applicable laws and regulations; thus, the Court considers it irrelevant to continue the petition.

Therefore, the Court could not disregard the provisions of Article 158 of the Regional Election Law, which sets a threshold for filing a regional election results dispute petition. The difference in votes between the Petitioners and the winning candidate was as follows: the Petitioners received 2,847 votes, while the Relevant Party secured 11,648 votes. Consequently, the difference in their vote acquisition is 8,801 votes (11.648 - 2.847), or 33.83 percent, exceeding the 520-vote threshold.

“[The Court] adjudicated, on exceptions: to grant the Respondent’s and the Relevant Party’s exceptions regarding the Petitioners’ legal standing, to reject the Respondent’s and the Relevant Party’s exceptions for the remainder; on the petition’s subject matter: to declare the Petitioners’ petition inadmissible,” said Chief Justice Suhartoyo while reading out the Decision No. 282/PHPU.BUP-XXIII/2025.

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At the preliminary hearing on Wednesday, January 15, 2024, the Petitioners requested that the Court annul the Mamberamo Raya Regency KPU Decree No. 250 of 2024 concerning the certification of the 2024 Mamberamo Raya Regency election results. They argued that the Mamberamo Raya KPU’s failure to accept the candidate pair for regent and vice-regent, supported by a coalition of political parties without seats in the DPRD (regional legislative council), had violated Court Decree No. 60/PUU-XXII/2024, dated August 20, 2024. The decree should have been used as a reference for the nomination requirements of candidate pairs for the election through political party channels.

The Petitioners argued that six political parties (PKB, Garuda, PKS, UMMAT, PKN, and Gelora) did not have seats in the DPRD, which was pursued further by the Respondent through KPU Decree No. 50 on the certification of the 2024 Mamberamo Raya Regency DPRD election results. The Petitioners claimed that due to the Respondent’s fraud and negligence, the coalition of political parties without DPRD seats that nominated Terianus Levin Bisararisi–Samuel Alle was rejected by the KPU due to not having seats in the DPRD.

Author              : Sri Pujianti
Editor                : N. Rosi
Translator         : M. Hafidh Al Mukmin/Yuniar Widiastuti (RA)

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