The Petitioners’ legal counsel Billy Marcelino Maniagasi attending the ruling hearing for Case 281/PHPU.BUP-XXIII/2025 on the Mamberamo Raya regent election results dispute, Wednesday (2/5/2025). Photo by MKRI/Ifa.

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JAKARTA (MKRI) — On Wednesday, February 5, 2025, the Constitutional Court (MK) dismissed the petition for case No. 281/PHPU.BUP-XXIII/2025 on the 2024 Mamberamo Raya regent election results dispute. Chief Justice Suhartoyo delivered the verdict at the ruling hearing on this case, petitioned by candidate pair 2 Matius Fuyeri and Dius Enumbi (Petitioners).

Chief Justice Suhartoyo asserted that the Petitioner did not satisfy the formal requirements of filing the petition, stating the Petitioners’ petition was obscured. Thus, the exceptions of the Respondent and the Relevant Party, which essentially stated that the Petitioner did not have legal standing to file a petition, were reasonable according to law.

“[The Court] adjudicated, rejects the exceptions on the [Court’s] authority or the deadline for filing the petition. On the petition’s subject matter: declares the Petitioners’ petition inadmissible,” said Chief Justice Suhartoyo alongside the other eight constitutional justices.

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At the preliminary examination hearing on Wednesday, January 15, 2025, the Petitioners conveyed their petition to the Court, requesting the annulment of Mamberamo Raya KPU (Elections Commission) Decree No. 250 of 2024 on the certification of the Mamberamo Raya regent-vice regent election results. The Petitioners mentioned the vote acquisition according to the Respondent as follows: Candidate Pair 01 Robby Wilson Sumansara–Kevin Totow with 11,648 votes, Candidate Pair 02 (Petitioners) with 5,970 votes, Candidate Pair 03 Ever Mudumi–Mada Marlince Rumakewi with 2,847 votes, and Candidate Pair 04 Alfon Sesa–Yakobus Britai with 8,577 votes, with a total of 26,116 valid votes. In contrast, the Petitioners’ version shows Candidate Pair 01 with 8,100 votes, the Petitioners with 8,570 votes, Candidate Pair 03 with 2,847 votes, and Candidate Pair 04 with 5,551 votes, with a total of 25,068 valid votes.

The Petitioners argued that the vote difference had occurred for several reasons. First, the voting invitations had not been distributed to voters at TPS 01 in Angreso, TPS 02 in Kasonaweja, TPS 02 in Burmeso, TPS 03 in Burmeso, TPS 04 in Burmeso, and TPS 01 Namunareja. Another reason is that the polling station working committees (KPPS) and their members had used the voters’ ballots to vote by themselves at TPS 01 and 02 of Bareri Hamlet, Rofear District.

Another violation includes the deflation of votes in East Central Mamberamo, Mamberamo Raya Regency. In this area, there were 10 polling stations in 7 hamlets, but during the district plenary meeting, it was found that the Petitioners’ votes were initially 1,729 and later changed to 979 (a decrease of 750 votes). The Petitioners’ witness was denied the opportunity to raise an objection during the plenary meeting by the election organizers.

Author                           : Sri Pujianti
Editor                            : N. Rosi
Translator                     : Ryan Alfian/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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