JAKARTA, MKRI - The Constitutional Court (MK) held a preliminary hearing on the 2024 Election Results Dispute (PHPU) for Members of the House of Representatives (DPR) and Provincial/Regency/City Legislative Council (DPRD) in North Aceh Electoral District (Dapil) 5 at Panel 3 of the Court, on Tuesday morning, April 30, 2024. The preliminary hearing for the Case No. 175-02-01-01/PHPU.DPR-DPRD-XXII/2024 presided over by the Constitutional Justices Arief Hidayat (panel chair), Anwar Usman, and Enny Nurbaningsih.

The Petitioner, H. Hasbi Ahmad, a DPRK (Legislative Council) candidate in Dapil North Aceh 5 from the National Awakening Party (PKB). The Petitioner’s legal counsel, Subani argued that there were vote discrepancies between the Respondent and the Petitioner’s version.

The Petitioner claimed that he should have received 184 votes in Lapang Subdistrict, but the vote acquisition certified by the General Elections Commission (KPU) as the Respondent was only 54 votes. According to the Petitioner, the vote discrepancies were due to the vote inflation for the North Aceh Regency DPRD candidate of the PKB on behalf of Muhammad Rizal. The vote inflation was due to a data input error by the Respondent. This can be known after comparing the C Results Forms (Plano), C Copy Results Forms, and D Results Forms.

The Petitioner said that the vote inflation had been reported to the voters supervisory committee (Panwaslih) of the North Aceh Regency and had been decided through its Decree No. 001/LP/ADM.PL/BWSL.KAB/Ol.16/III/2024. It was decided that the Reported Party was legally and convincingly proven to have committed an administrative election violation.

The Petitioner also revealed that PKB witnesses in Lapang Sub-district had objected through the Special Event D Results Form, but it was not given the opportunity to synchronize the C Copy Results Form with the D Results Form issued by the Lapang Sub-district election committee (PPK).

On the basis of the arguments stated, the Petitioner requests the Court to grant its petition entirely, cancel the KPU Decree No. 360 of 2024, and certify the correct vote acquisition according to the Petitioner.(*)

Author   : Adam Ilyas
Editor    : Lulu Anjarsari P.
PR        : Tiara Agustina
Translator : Intana Selvira Fauzi (RA)

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