The ruling hearing for case No. 256/PHPU.BUP-XXIII/2025 on the 2024 Mimika regent election results dispute, Wednesday (2/5/2025). Photo by MKRI.

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JAKARTA (MKRI) — On Wednesday, February 5, 2025, the Constitutional Court (MK) dismissed the petition for case No. 256/PHPU.BUP-XXIII/2025 on the 2024 Mimika regent election results dispute, citing the petition as obscure. This case was filed by regent-vice regent candidate pair 3 Alexsander Omaleng and Yusuf Rombe Pasarrin.

“In the petition’s subject matter, [the Court] declare the Petitioners’ petition inadmissible,” stated Chief Justice Suhartoyo delivering the verdict along with eight other Justices in the plenary courtroom.

“[The petition] did not meet formal requirements, as such, the Court declared the Petitioners’ petition obscured,” asserted Deputy Chief Justice Saldi reading out the legal consideration.

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Mimika Regent Candidate Pair 3 Alexsander Omaleng and Yusuf Rombe Pasarrin argued that the incumbent regent Johannes Rettod had violated Article 71 paragraph (2) of Law No. 10 of 2016 (Regional Elections Law). Johannes, who teamed up with Emanuel Kemong as Candidate Pair 1, did not follow the restriction stating the replacement of government officials six months prior to candidate determination must be approved in writing by the Minister of Home Affairs.

In their petitums, the Petitioners requested the Court to disqualify Regent Candidate Johannes Rettob from Candidate Pair 1 on the grounds of not meeting the candidacy requirements. They also sought the annulment of Mimika KPU Decree No. 61 of 2024 on the certification of the recapitulation of vote count results, dated December 9, 2024, and Mimika KPU Decree No. 38 of 2024 on the certification of the 2024 regent candidate pairs. Furthermore, the Petitioners requested the Court to declare the newly rectified vote acquisition, with Candidate Pair 1 receiving 0 votes due to disqualification, Candidate Pair 2 obtaining 66,268 votes, and Candidate Pair 3 receiving 74,139 votes.

Author       : Mimi Kartika

Editor        : N. Rosi
Translator  : Ryan Alfian/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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