The ruling hearing for case No. 16/PHPU.BUP-XXIII/2024 on the 2024 Pasaman regent election results dispute in the plenary courtroom on Wednesday (2/5/2025). Photo by MKRI.

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JAKARTA (MKRI) – The Constitutional Court (MK) ruled the petition for case No. 16/PHPU.BUP-XXIII/2025 filed by Candidate Pair 03 Sabar AS-Sukardi on the 2024 Pasaman regent election results dispute inadmissible. The verdict was delivered by Chief Justice Suhartoyo at the ruling hearing on Wednesday, February 5, 2025.

Chief Justice Suhartoyo explained that the Petitioners’ petition was submitted past the deadline. According to Law No. 10 of 2016 and Court Regulation No. 3 of 2024, the Petitioners were required to file an election results dispute petition to the Court no later than three days after the Election Commission (KPU) announced the election results. Consequently, the Respondent's exception regarding the submission deadline is legally valid. As a result, other exceptions, including the Petitioners’ legal standing, the subject matter, and other related matters, were not considered as they were deemed irrelevant.

“[The Court] adjudicated, on the exception: reject exceptions on the Court authority, grant exceptions regarding the petition submission deadline. On the petition’s subject matter: to declare the Petitioners’ Petition No. 16/PHPU.BUP-XXIII/2024 inadmissible,” said Chief Justice Suhartoyo while reading out the verdict.

At the preliminary hearing, the Petitioners explained that Anggit was once convicted under Decision No. 293/Pid.B/2022/PN JKT.SEL., citing the dishonesty which breaks the ethics in democracy. Even further, the South Jakarta District Court issued a cancellation letter of the statement of never being a convict for him. Therefore, the Petitioners reported the alleged administrative violation to the Pasaman Bawaslu and also to the Pasaman KPU for an election administrative violation.

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The Petitioners also revealed that regent candidate 1 Mara Ondak had not met the requirements as a candidate as he had not officially resigned from a civil servant position. He continued to receive a salary until November 202, proving that he was still a civil servant when he registered for the 2024 Pasaman Regency election. Therefore, the Respondent announced candidate pairs 1 and 2 without proper fact-checking. Therefore, the Petitioners asserted that the Respondent had failed to conduct administrative duties and violated applicable regulations.

As such, in their petitums, the Petitioners requested the Court to annul the Pasaman Regency KPU Decree No. 851 of 2024 on the certification of the 2024 Pasaman Regency election results dated December 2, 2024, and to order the Pasaman Regency KPU to certify candidate pair 3 as the elected candidate pair for the 2024 Pasaman regent election.

Author : Sri Pujianti
Editor : Fitri Yuliana
Translator : Syifa Amelia/FS (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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