The Petitioners’ legal counsel La Ode Ali Wuna Sakti at the ruling hearing for case No. 234/PHPU.BUP-XXIII/2025 PHPU on the Maybrat regent election results dispute, Wednesday (2/5/2025). Photo by MKRI/Teguh.

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JAKARTA (MKRI) — The Court dismissed the petition for Case No. 234/PHPU.BUP-XXIII/2025 on the 2024 Maybrat regent election results dispute, filed by Candidate Pair 1 Kornelius Kambu and Zakeus Momao. Chief Justice Suhartoyo delivered the verdict at the ruling hearing for this case on Wednesday, February 5, 2025.

“[The Court adjudicated], on the petition’s subject matter, declaring the Petitioners’ petition inadmissible,” stated Chief Justice Suhartoyo reading out the verdict alongside the other eight constitutional justices in the plenary courtroom.

The Petitioners had previously alleged violations at 51 polling stations in 15 districts within the regency. Yet, the Court was not convinced by the arguments of their petition, especially after the Elections Supervisory Body (Bawaslu) delivered its statement as an election supervisor.

“Bawaslu also delivered its statement that the election at the polling stations had run securely and orderly and that the incoming reports could not be followed up because they did not meet the formal and material requirements. Thus, the a quo petition is unreasonable according to law,” said Constitutional Justice Daniel Yusmic P. Foekh.

The Court also lacks confidence in the validity of the other arguments of the petition. Hence, the applicability of Article 158 of Law No. 10 of 2016 (Regional Election Law) could not be disregarded.

The article sets the vote margin threshold between the Petitioners and the Relevant Party. In this case, there has to be a difference of at most 2 percent, or in this case 756 votes, for the Petitioners to file a petition.

However, the Petitioners acquired 10,908 votes while the Relevant Party 18,680 votes, making the difference between them 20.56 percent. As it exceeded 7,776 votes or 2 percent, the Court held that the Petitioners lacked legal standing in filing an election results dispute.

“The Petitioners did not satisfy the requirements for filing a petition provisioned in Article 158 paragraph (2) letter a of Law No. 10 of 2016. Thus, according to the Court, the Petitioners did not have legal standing to file the a quo petition,” Justice Foekh emphasized.

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The issue of the double final voters list (DPT) was highlighted in the petition. According to the Petitioners, the double DPT occurred at 51 polling stations across 15 districts. The issue also involved individuals who had passed away but were still recorded in the DPT and even voted. Additionally, the DPT problem in this case was related to the rights of voters who were not present at the polling stations on voting day.

In the petitums, the Petitioners requested the Court to annul the Maybrat Regency KPU Decree concerning the certification of the 2024 Maybrat Regency election results and to order the Maybrat Regency KPU (Elections Commission) to conduct a revote at those 51 polling stations.

Author              : Ashri Fadilla
Editor                : N. Rosi
Translator         : M. Hafidh Al Mukmin/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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