JAKARTA, LEGAL LITERACY – A witness from the Nanggroe Aceh Party mentioned the inflation of votes in three sub-districts for the United Development Party in the Aceh Timur Electoral District 4. This testimony was delivered in the continuation of the General Election Results Dispute (PHPU) trial in Panel 3, Building 1 of the Constitutional Court (MK) on Wednesday (29/05/2024). The trial was led by Constitutional Justice Arief Hidayat, accompanied by Constitutional Justice Anwar Usman and Constitutional Justice Enny Nurbaningsih. The case registered with number 105-01-18-01/PHPU.DPR-DPRD-XXII/2024 was filed by the Nanggroe Aceh Party (PNA) represented by Irwandy Yufus as Chairman of PNA and Miswar Fuady as Secretary General of the PNA DPP for filling the candidate members of the Aceh Timur DPRK in the Aceh Timur Electoral District 4.

The Applicant's witness, Sofyan, stated that in Pante Bidari Subdistrict and Madat Subdistrict there were differences between C-Results and D-Results, where there was an increase in votes for the United Development Party (PPP). "There is a difference between C-Results and D-Results in Pante Bidari Subdistrict and Madat Subdistrict," he said. However, Witness Sofyan did not know the detailed amount regarding the difference or addition.

Witness Hawin Halaina, who was a mandate witness from PNA for the district-level recapitulation, explained that PNA did not approve and sign the recapitulation Minutes at the district level. "I did not approve and sign the recapitulation results at the district level, Your Honor, it is not the same as the Respondent's statement in the previous trial," he said. Hawin also mentioned that he did not sign because there were objections in the district-level recapitulation where the errors occurred from the sub-district level but had not been corrected at the district level.

Furthermore, the Applicant also presented witness M. Ikrar, who is a recapitulation operator from PNA in Dapil 4 (Pante Bidari, Madat, and Simpang Ulim Subdistricts). The witness explained that there had been an addition or inflation of votes for PPP in three sub-districts and a reduction of votes for PNA in one sub-district. In Pante Bidari Subdistrict, the number of valid votes based on C-Results for PPP was 735 votes, but in D-Results it became 912 votes. In Madat Subdistrict, the number of valid votes based on C-Results for PPP was 231 votes, but in D-Results it became 252 votes. In Simpang Ulim Subdistrict, the number of valid votes for PPP based on C-Results was 1461 votes, but based on D-Results it changed to 1462 votes.