The Petitioners’ legal counsel Moin Tualeka at the ruling hearing for Case No. 215/PHPU.BUP-XXIII/2025 on the Tambrauw regent election results dispute, Wednesday (2/5/2025). Photo by MKRI/Teguh.

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JAKARTA (MKRI) – The Constitutional Court (MK) ruled the petition for case No. 215/PHPU.BUP-XXIII/2025 on the 2024 Tambrauw regent election results dispute inadmissible. The verdict was delivered by Chief Justice Suhartoyo at the ruling hearing on Wednesday, February 5, 2025 in the plenary courtroom.

Alongside the other eight constitutional justices, Chief Justice Suhartoyo explained that the Petitioners’ petition failed to meet the formal requirements. “On the petition’s subject matter, [the Court] declares the Petitioners’ petition inadmissible,” Chief Justice Suhartoyo announced while delivering the verdict.

In its legal considerations, delivered by Constitutional Justice Enny Nurbaningsih, the Court considered the Petitioners’ argument regarding the closed voting process at TPS 001 of Barar Village, Kwoor District. Yet, the Court found that the Petitioners had failed to provide a detailed explanation of how the incident took place and the persons involved.

Furthermore, the Court found no reports or findings resulting from the supervision conducted by the Tambrauw Regency Bawaslu (Election Supervisory Body) regarding the closed voting at said polling station.

“Therefore, the Court lacks confidence in the truth of the Petitioners’ a quo petition. Thus, the Petitioners’ argument regarding closed voting at TPS 001 of Barar Village, Kwoor District was legally groundless,” said Chief Justice Suhartoyo.

Regarding the argument about the noken* system at TPS 01 of Mega Village, Moraid District, the Court found the evidence submitted by the Petitioners insufficient. The video recording presented only captured a conversation among several individuals discussing the noken* system but did not demonstrate its implementation.

The Court also emphasized the vote margin between the Petitioners and the most-voted candidate pair. According to the recapitulation results, the Petitioners secured 4,673 votes, while the Relevant Party received 6,757 votes. With a margin of 2,084 votes, or 9.6% of the total valid votes, the Court asserted that it exceeded the 2% threshold set by Article 158 of Law No. 10 of 2016 (Regional Election Law).

“Even though the Petitioners were a candidate pair in the 2024 Tambrauw regent election, they did not fulfill the requirements for filing a petition as referred to in Article 158 paragraph (2) letter a of Law No. 10 of 2016,” said Justice Enny.

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Noken Voting and Partisanship Under Scrutiny in Tambrauw Regent Election

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The 2024 Tambrauw regent election was marked by allegations of irregularities in the voting process. A key issue was the use of the noken* system, which should not have been implemented in Tambrauw Regency. According to established regulations, voting in this region must follow the one-person-one-vote system, as outlined in the KPU (General Elections Commission) Decree No. 1774 of 2024 on technical guidelines for voting. This formed the basis of the petition filed by Candidate Pair 1 Yohanis Yembra-Petrus Yewen.

(*) The noken voting system is carried out by communities in Papua, either through public agreement on vote allocation or through the delegation of votes to a tribal leader.

Author              : Utami Argawati
Editor               : Lulu Anjarsari P.
PR                    : Tiara Agustina
Translator         : Syifa Amelia/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.a

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