Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court (MK) Suhartoyo (center) accompanied by eight Constitutional Justices at the ruling hearing for the 2024 regional election results dispute, Wednesday (2/5/2025). Photo by MKRI/Ifa.

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JAKARTA, MKRI - The Constitutional Court (MK) could not accept the petition of the Chairman of Barisan Pemantau Pemilihan Sumatera Selatan (BP2SS) DPC Ogan Ilir Desva Adelia Rachmadani. Decision No.11/PHPU.BUP-XXIII/2025 related to the Ogan Ilir election results dispute was read out on Wednesday, February 5, 2025.

“On the petition’s subject matter, [the Court] declared the Petitioner’s petition Case No. 129/PHPU.BUP-XXIII/2025, inadmissible,” said Chief Justice Suhartoyo at the ruling hearing alongside the other eight constitutional justices.

In the consideration delivered by Constitutional Justice Enny Nurbaningsih, the Petitioners argued that the Ogan Ilir Regency KPU was strongly suspected of violating the law by not conducting a thorough cross check of voter data. Justice Enny explained that the Petitioners’ argument was not supported by evidence that it affected the results of the vote count or caused a decrease in voter participation.

Constitutional Justice Enny said that petitioners also did not explain in detail the time and place at which polling stations (TPS) where fraud and violations occurred. Moreover, in certifying the recapitulation of the permanent voters list (DPT) of Ogan Ilir Regency, the Ogan Ilir Regency KPU has conducted all stages in accordance with KPU Regulation No. 7 of 2024 through data comparison starting from the Election Voters Potential Population List (DP4), Temporary Voters List (DPS), to DPT.

There is no reason for the Court to postpone the implementation of Article 158 paragraph 2 letter b of Law No. 10/2016 on the election of governors, regents, and mayors, as there is a 57.5 percent vote difference between the empty column (41,523 votes) and Candidate Pair Number 1, or the Relevant Party (154,088 votes), in the 2024 Ogan Ilir regent election.
 

“Based on the legal consideration above, the Court sees no relevance to continue the a quo petition,” Justice Enny added.

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The preliminary hearing of case no. 129/PHPU.BUP-XXIII/2025 was held on Wednesday, January 8, 2025. In its petition, the Petitioners found evidence showing that the Ogan Ilir KPU had failed to cross-check and recheck the data of voters who were deceased, underaged, or relocated.

Author          : Nawir Arsyad Akbar
Editor           : Lulu Anjarsari P.
PR               : Tiara Agustina
Translator     : Dinita Aktivia/FS (RA)

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