JAKARTA, Legal Literacy – The Candidate Pair for Regent and Vice Regent of Dogiyai Regency Number 04, Alfred Fredy Anouw and Orgenes Kotoki, are suing the decision of the General Election Commission (KPU) of Dogiyai Regency Number 701 of 2024 concerning the determination of the results of the Election of Regent and Vice Regent of Dogiyai Regency of 2024. The lawsuit was filed to the Constitutional Court (MK) with a preliminary examination hearing led by the Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court Suhartoyo together with Constitutional Justices Daniel Yusmic P. Foekh and M. Guntur Hamzah on Thursday (1/16/2025).

Disputed Vote Difference

In Case Number 178/PHPU.BUP-XXIII/2025, the Applicant's legal counsel, Theodora Amfotis, explained the difference in votes between the KPU data and the Applicant. Based on KPU data, Candidate Pair Number 01 Ruben Magai–Mateus Douw obtained 7,944 votes, Number 02 Yudas Tebai–Yuliten Anauw received 41,900 votes, Number 03 Otopianus P. Tebai–Angkian Goo obtained 9,618 votes, Number 04 Alfred Fredy Anouw–Orgenes Kotoki (Applicant) obtained 23,407 votes, Number 05 Freny Anouw–Abni Auwe received 2,292 votes, and Number 06 Oskar Makai–Yani Bobi obtained 10,919 votes. The total valid votes recorded were 98,080.

However, according to the Applicant, Candidate Pair Number 02 only obtained 31,900 votes, while they should have obtained 33,407…