JAKARTA, LEGAL LITERACY – The General Elections Commission (KPU) stated that the petition of M. Nasir, a candidate from the SIRA Aceh Utara Party, is not related to the dispute over the acquisition of votes and has not received a recommendation from the Petitioner Party, so the Court is not authorized to examine and adjudicate this petition. This was conveyed by the KPU as the Respondent in the 2024 General Election Results Dispute (PHPU) trial at the Constitutional Court (MK) in response to the petition filed by M. Nasir, a candidate for member of the DPRK Aceh Utara from the SIRA Party for filling the DPRK Aceh Utara Aceh Utara Electoral District 6.

“In the exception, the petitioner's application is not related to the dispute over the vote count, so the Court is not authorized to adjudicate. In addition, the Petitioner has not received a recommendation from the Petitioner Party,” said Hepri Yadi, Legal Counsel for the Respondent at the trial held in Panel 3 Trial Room on Wednesday (08/05/2024) led by Constitutional Justice Arief Hidayat accompanied by Constitutional Justice Anwar Usman and Constitutional Justice Enny Nurbaningsih.

The KPU also mentioned that there were no objections from witnesses from the SIRA Party, who even signed the D-Result at the sub-district level. Therefore, this shows that there were no specific events related to this application.

Based on the explanation that has been given, the Respondent requests the Court to accept and grant all of the Respondent's exceptions in the exception, and to reject all of the Petitioner's requests in the subject matter and to declare the Decree of the General Elections Commission Number 360 of 2024 correct.

Meanwhile, in the trial of case number 233-02-23-01/PHPU.DPR-DPRD-XXII/2024, Bawaslu provided information that there were no alleged election violations related to this application.

“During the election stage process, there were no alleged election violations,” said Safwani as a representative of Bawaslu.

As additional information, there are no Related Parties involved in the case being filed.

Previously, in the preliminary hearing, the Petitioner questioned the use of the SIREKAP system in Electoral District (Dapil) 6, North Aceh Regency, Aceh Province. The Petitioner argued that there was inflation and transfer of votes from the Petitioner to other candidates in the Gerindra Party, based on witness statements at each Polling Station (TPS) carried out by certain individuals.

The Petitioner stated that, in principle, fraud or violations in elections are criminal acts in accordance with the Election Law. Based on the arguments presented, the Petitioner asked the Constitutional Court to follow up on the fraud by ordering a recount, to avoid feelings of distrust and disappointment from the Petitioner's supporters.