JAKARTA (MKRI) — The Constitutional Court (MK) held a follow-up hearing on the 2024 election results dispute petitioned by the Indonesian People’s Wave Party (Gelora) for the Paniai Regency DPRD election in the electoral district of Paniai I, Central Papua Province. The hearing for case No. 51-01-07-36/PHPU.DPR-DPRD-XXII/2024 took place on Tuesday, May 7, 2024 on panel 3 presided over by Constitutional Justices Arief Hidayat (panel chair), Anwar Usman, and Enny Nurbaningsih. The panel heard the responses/testimonies by the KPU (General Elections Commission) as Respondent, Bawaslu (Elections Supervisory Body), and validated the evidence.

KPU’s Testimony

The KPU’s (General Elections Commission) legal counsel Endik Wahyudi explained the Respondent’s (KPU) exception at the hearing. It asserted that the petition is obscuur libel (vague). It claimed that the Petitioner had made mistakes in detailing its petition.

The KPU also alleged that the Petitioner had presented conflicting data, thus could lead to ambiguity of the accurate numbers to refer to. The Petitioner had also mistakenly tally its vote margin. It asserted that it received 3,316 votes based on the C-result copy, but the Respondent certified only 5 votes, thus the Petitioner’s votes were reduced by 4,175. The Petitioner, the KPU said, had made a counting error.

“Based on that, the Petitioner’s petition should be inadmissible because it is unclear, vague, and contradictory,” Endik said.

Therefore, the Respondent requests that the Court grant its exception in its entirety, reject the petition in its entirety, and validate the KPU Decree No. 360 of 2024 on the certification of the 2024 legislative election results of the DPR (House of Representatives), DPD (Regional Representatives Council), and Provincial and Regency/City DPRD (Regional Legislative Council) announced nationwide on March 20, 2024.

“The Respondent appeals to the Court to certify the Respondent’s version of vote acquisition: 5 votes for Gelora,” Endik closed. 

Bawaslu

Central Papua Provincial Bawaslu representative Yonas Yanampa stated that no reports and/or findings on alleged electoral violations and election dispute. Its votes based on the C-result copy were 3,316. Meanwhile, in the Respondent’s opinion, the Petitioner had 5 votes, therefore reduction of 4,175 votes were lost.

Also read: Gelora Party Lost Votes in Paniai

Author            : Siti Rosmalina Nurhayati
Editor             : Nur R.
Translator       : Yuniar Widiastuti

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