The Court found the legal fact that Erick Hendrawan Septian Putra had not passed the 5 (five) year cooling-off period when registering as a prospective member of the Tarakan City DPRD for the Tarakan 1 Electoral District because the 5 (five) year cooling-off period only ended after May 2024. Thus, the registration process for prospective members of the Tarakan City DPRD for the Tarakan 1 Electoral District from the Related Party in the name of Erick Hendrawan Septian Putra is not in accordance with the provisions of Article 240 paragraph (1) letter g of the Election Law as interpreted by the Court through Decision Number 87/PUU-XX/2022 dated November 30, 2022 and Article 12 paragraph (1) letter b numbers 11, 12, and 13 of PKPU 10/2023.

According to the Court's consideration, prospective legislative members must still maintain the completeness of other requirements as prospective legislative members, including in this case they must honestly or openly announce their background as former convicts as regulated in the provisions of Article 240 paragraph (1) letter g of the Election Law as interpreted by the Court through Decision Number 87/PUU-XX/2022. Regarding these provisions, if it is connected with the legal facts obtained by the Court from the evidence submitted in the trial, where at the stage of submitting the candidacy requirement documents for members of the Tarakan City DPRD, Erick Hendrawan Septian Putra did not submit a document in the form of the Samarinda District Court Decision Number 207/Pid.B/2019/PN Smr dated May 23, 2019 to the Respondent as a completeness of the candidacy requirement documents.

In other words, according to the Court, Erick Hendrawan Septian Putra did not honestly or openly announce to the public his background as a former convict based on the Samarinda District Court Decision Number 207/Pid.B/2019/PN. The Court is of the opinion that Erick Hendrawan Septian Putra does not meet the requirements as a candidate for member of the Tarakan City DPRD for the Tarakan 1 Electoral District because he has been proven to have committed a criminal act punishable by imprisonment for more than 5 (five) years and has not met the provisions of the 5 (five) year cooling-off period after serving his sentence, and he did not honestly or openly announce to the public his background as a former convict. Therefore, Erick Hendrawan Septian Putra must be declared to no longer meet the requirements as a candidate for member of the Tarakan City DPRD for the Tarakan 1 Electoral District, so he must be disqualified from the election contest for members of the Tarakan City DPRD for the Tarakan 1 Electoral District of North Kalimantan Province.