The ruling hearing for case No. 83/PHPU.BUP-XXIII/2025 PHPU on the Muara Enim regent election results dispute, Wednesday (2/5/2025). Photo by MKRI.

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JAKARTA (MKRI) — The Court dismissed the petition for Case No. 83/PHPU.BUP-XXIII/2025 on the 2024 Muara Enim regent election results dispute, filed by Candidate Pair 3 Nasrun Umar and Lia Anggraini (Petitioners). Chief Justice Suhartoyo delivered the verdict at the ruling hearing for this case on Wednesday, February 5, 2025.

Chief Justice Suhartoyo further explained that the Petitioners’ petition did not meet the formal requirements for filing the petition. As provisioned by Law No. 10 of 2016 (Regional Election Law) and the Constitutional Court Regulation No. 3 of 2024, petitioners must file their election results dispute petition to the Court at the latest three days after the announcement of the certification of election results by the corresponding Elections Commission (KPU). Therefore, the Respondent’s exception on the deadline was reasonable according to law while the other exceptions, the Petitioners’ legal standing, and the petition’s subject matter were not considered as they were no longer relevant.

“[The Court] adjudicated on the exceptions, rejects the exception on the Court’s authority, grants the exception concerning the deadline for filing the petition. On the petition’s subject matter, [the Court] declares the Petitioners’ petition for Case 83/PHPU.BUP-XXIII/2024 inadmissible,” said Chief Justice Suhartoyo delivering the verdict alongside the other eight constitutional justices.

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At the preliminary hearing on Thursday, January 9, 2025, the Petitioners requested the cancellation of the Muara Enim Regency KPU Decree No. 1669 of 2024 on the certification of the 2024 Muara Enim regent election results dated December 3, 2024. The Petitioners mentioned the votes of the candidate pairs as follows: Candidate Number 01 Rizali-Shinta Paramitha Sari received 37,710 votes, Candidate Number 02 Edison-Sumarni received 114,258 votes, the Petitioners received 105,053 votes, and Candidate Number 4 Ramlan Holdan-Ropi Alex Candra received 37,751 votes, with total of 294,772 valid votes. According to the Petitioners, the difference of 9,205 votes between them and candidate pair number 02 was due to the Respondent’s partiality and structured, systematic, and massive vote buying.

Author              : Sri Pujianti
Editor                : Fitri Yuliana
Translator         : M. Hafidh Al Mukmin/Yuniar Widiastuti (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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