The ruling hearing for case No. 200/PHPU.BUP-XXIII/2025 on the 2024 Cianjur election results dispute, Wednesday (2/5/2025). Photo by MKRI.

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JAKARTA (MKRI) - The Constitutional Court (MK) dismissed the petition for Case No. 200/PHPU.BUP-XXIII/2025 on the 2024 Cianjur regent election results dispute. The decision on the case filed by Candidate Pair 01 Herman Suherman and Muhammad Solih Ibang was delivered at the ruling hearing on Wednesday, February 5, 2025.

“On the petition’s subject matter, [the Court] adjudicated, declaring the Petitioners’ petition inadmissible,” said Chief Justice Suhartoyo at the plenary courtroom.

This decision was made because the constitutional justices determined that the Petitioners lacked legal standing to file the petition, as they did not meet the vote margin threshold requirement.

Based on Article 158 of Law Number 10 of 2016, the threshold for the vote margin is 0.5 percent or equivalent to 5,338 votes. However, the Petitioners obtained 417,774 votes, while Candidate Pair 02 Muhammad Wahyu Ferdian and Ramzi (Relevant Party), who secured the highest number of votes, obtained 442,321 votes.

Although the difference was small, at only 2.3 percent (24,547 votes), the gap between the Petitioners and the Relevant Party still exceeded the threshold. As a result, the Court determined that the Petitioners did not have the legal standing to file the petition.

"According to the Court, the Petitioners do not have the legal standing to file the a quo petition. Thus, the Respondent's and the Related Party's exceptions that the Petitioners lack legal standing are legally justified," said Constitutional Justice M. Guntur Hamzah.

The provisions of Article 158 cannot be overridden because the Petitioners were unable to convince the Court regarding the arguments of the petition. "Moreover, regarding the a quo petition, the Court did not find any special incident," explained Justice Guntur.

At the preliminary examination hearing, the Petitioners alleged manipulation of attendance lists in seven districts in Cianjur. The Petitioners further argued that there was a regrouping of polling stations, resulting in a discrepancy compared to the arrangements for the presidential and legislative elections. They also found that some voters were actually not eligible to vote. They found, among others, deceased voters’ signatures appeared on the attendance list.

Based on these arguments, the Petitioners requested the Court to annul the Decree of the Cianjur Regency KPU No. 2295 of 2024 on the certification of the 2024 Cianjur regent election results. They also requested the Court to order the Cianjur Regency KPU to conduct a revote in 32 districts throughout Cianjur.

Author  : Ashri Fadilla
Editor   : Tiara Agustina
Translator     : Nazila Rikhusshuba/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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