The Petitioners’ legal counsel Tri Adi Soerdjanto at the ruling hearing for case No. 238/PHPU.BUP-XXIII/2025 on the 2024 Merauke regent election results dispute, Tuesday (2/4/2025). Photo by MKRI/Ifa.

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JAKARTA, MKRI - The Constitutional Court (MK) dismissed the petition filed by Candidate Pair Number 3 Hendrikus Mahuse-Riduwan on the dispute over the 2024 Merauke regent election results. This was conveyed by the Chief Justice Suhartoyo at the ruling hearing for Decision No. 238/PHPU.BUP-XXIII/2025 on Wednesday, February 5, 2025.

“On the petition’s subject matter, [the Court] declared the Petitioner’s petition Case No. 238/PHPU.BUP-XXIII/2025 inadmissible,” said Chief Justice Suhartoyo at the ruling hearing alongside the other eight constitutional justices.

In its legal considerations, delivered by Constitutional Justice Enny Nurbaningsih, the Court explained that the Petitioners did not fulfill the formal requirements of the petition, particularly with regard to the reasons for the petition, which were unclear or vague. Therefore, the Respondent’s and Relevant Parties’ exceptions were considered reasonable according to law.

“Based on the legal considerations as described above, the Court is of the opinion that the Petitioners’ petition is vague and therefore other exceptions, the Respondent’s response, the Related Party’s statement, Bawaslu’s statement, and the subject matter of the petition are not considered further,” stated Justice Enny.

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KPU Denies TSM Violations in Merauke Regent Election

At the preliminary hearing for case No. 238/PHPU.BUP-XXIII/2025 on Thursday, January 16, the Petitioners alleged structured, systematic, and massive (TSM) violation in the form of mobilization of state civil apparatus (ASN) to win Candidate Pair Number 4. This was conducted by the head of Muting District through a voting simulation. He was also allegedly involved in the victory declaration of Yoseph B. Gebze-Fauzan Nihayah.

The Petitioners believed the Merauke Regency Bawaslu (Elections Supervisory Agency) was not independent and professional in carrying out its supervisory function. This is related to the involvement of the Muting District head, who only made recommendations to the National Civil Service Agency (BKN).

Author               : Nawir Arsyad Akbar
Editor                : Lulu Anjarsari P.
Translator         : Dinita Aktivia/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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