JAKARTA (MKRI) — The Constitutional Court (MK) held a follow-up hearing of the Legislative Election Dispute for the West Java IV Electoral District on Wednesday May 8 2024 in the Plenary Courtroom. Case No. 52-01-03-12/PHPU.DPR-DPRD-XXII/2024 was filed by the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP).

In the hearing presided by Chief Justice Suhartoyo, Ahmad Azis Ismail, representing the Respondent, stated that the plenary recapitulation process at every level is in line with the General Elections Commission Regulation (PKPU) No. 05 of 2024 on Recapitulation of Vote Acquisition Results and Certification of General Election Results.

Ahmad Azis Ismail stated that all objections from witnesses during the recapitulation at the subdistrict and Regency levels were resolved by comparing vote data at  KPU Sukabumi. He disproved the petitioner's assertion that the National Mandate Party (PAN) received 501 votes in the DPR (House of Representative) election for West Java IV Electoral District at Nyalindung Subdistrict, as recorded on the Model C-Copy-DPR form. According to the respondent, the accurate vote count for PAN at the specified polling station (TPS) location was 397 votes, as shown on the Model C.Results-DPR form.

This discrepancy revealed a difference in vote acquisition between the Petitioner, initially having 108,355 votes to 108,363 votes, and PAN, initially having 112,429 votes to 112,032 votes.

Based on these facts . The KPU observed a vote difference of 3,669 between the Petitioner and PAN, with PAN having more votes, which did not impact the legislative election result for the DPR (House of Respresentative) in West Java IV Electoral District, Sukabumi Regency, specifically in Sukalarang and Nyalindung Subdistricts.

In PAN's statement as the Relevant Party, RD Susanti Komalasari noted that the Petitioner's petition lacked the required Lex Spesialis Legal Basis, making it formally defective and irrelevant to the Election Results Dispute Case. Consequently, due to the unclear and vague claims, the petition should be rejected in full or deemed inadmissible by the Court.

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Bawaslu’s Statement

At the same time, Bawaslu emphasized that the West Java Provincial Bawaslu explained, based on the Supervision Report of Bawaslu Kabupaten Sukabumi No. 026/LHP/PM.01.02/3/2024 dated March 1, 2024, a PDIP witness at the Sukabumi Regency recapitulation objected to data discrepancies across 12 subdistricts including Surade, Sukabumi, Pelabuhan ratu, Nyalindung, Gunungguruh, Cisaat, Cireunghas, Cikidang, Cicantayan, Cibadak, Caringin, and Cicurug.. In response, Bawaslu and KPU Sukabumi facilitated a data synchronization at polling station  5 Cijangkar Village, Nyalindung Subdistrict. Based on the synchronization results, there was no difference in vote acquisition between the C.Results and model D.Results at the Subdistrict level.

Author          : Utami Argawati
Editor           : Lulu Anjarsari P.
PR               : Andhini S.F.
Translator     : Dzaki Difa Al Hadiid

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