The Petitioners’ legal counsel attending the ruling hearing for Case No. 147/PHPU.BUP-XXIII/2025 on the 2024 Pringsewu regent election results dispute, Wednesday (2/5). Photo by MKRI/Bayu.

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JAKARTA (MKRI) – The Constitutional Court (MK) ruled the petition for case No. 147/PHPU.BUP-XXIII/2025 on the 2024 Pringsewu regent election results dispute inadmissible. As the petition was filed to the Court past the deadline which was stipulated in Law No. 10 of 2016 on the Regional Election Law and Constitutional Court Regulation No. 3 of 2024.

“In the petition’s subject matter, [the Court] dismisses the Petitioners’ petition No. 147/PHPU.BUP-XXIII/2025,” stated Chief Justice Suhartoyo at the ruling hearing alongside the other eight constitutional justices on Wednesday, February 5, 2025.

In its legal consideration, delivered by Constitutional Justice Arsul Sani, the Court explained that Article 157 of Law No. 10 of 2016 (Regional Election Law) stipulates that a petition for an election results dispute must be submitted to the Court no later than three working days since the announcement of the certification of the vote acquisition results by the Provincial or Regency/City KPU (Elections Commission). The Court declared the Petitioners’ petition submitted past the deadline.

“Therefore, other exceptions, the legal standing, and subject matter of the Petitioners’ petition and other matters are not considered, as they are deemed irrelevant,” said Justice Arsul.

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The Petitioners suspected that Sujadi Sadat, campaign team leader of candidate pair 3 and two-term Pringsewu regent, had violated regulations by campaigning at a place of worship. This allegation was reported to Pringsewu Bawaslu (Election Supervisory Body), who asserted that it was not a violation and that they could not investigate further.

The Pringsewu KPU certified the votes for the Pringsewu regent election as follows: candidate pair 1 Fauzi-Laras Tri Handayani received 57,422 votes, candidate pair 2 Adi Erlansyah-Hisbullah Huda gained 40,600 votes, candidate pair 3 Riyanto Parnungkas-Umi Laila obtained 107,249 votes, and candidate pair 4 Ririn Kuswantari-Wiryawan Sadad received 21,605 votes. In their petitums, the Petitioners requested the Court to annul the Pringsewu Regency KPU Decree No. 1185 of 2024 on the certification of the 2024 Pringsewu regent vote acquisition results issued on December 2, 2024, at 11:10 AM Local Time, or the Pringsewu regency KPU Decree No. 736 on the announcement of the 2024 Pringsewu regent candidate pairs.

Author              : Mimi Kartika.
Editor               : N. Rosi
Translator         : Syifa Amelia/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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