JAKARTA, LEGAL LITERACY – The General Elections Commission (KPU) stated that based on the process and recapitulation of the vote count results of Political Parties and prospective Members of the DPR, no reduction, transfer, shift, or migration of votes was found from the United Development Party (PPP) to the Garuda Party in the Jambi Province Electoral District. Moreover, there were no objections from PPP witnesses to the recapitulation results of the vote count for the DPR RI Election at the Jambi Province level. This was conveyed by the KPU as the Respondent in a hearing led by Constitutional Justice Arief Hidayat, accompanied by Constitutional Justice Anwar Usman and Constitutional Justice Enny Nurbaningsih, regarding the General Election Result Dispute case number 110-01-17-05/PHPU.DPR-DPRD-XXII/2024 submitted by PPP for the filling of prospective members of the DPR RI in the Jambi Electoral District.

“At the Jambi Province level, during the implementation of the Plenary Meeting for the Recapitulation of Vote Count at the Jambi Province level on March 9-14, 2024, there were no objections from the Petitioner's witnesses to the recapitulation results of the vote count for the DPR RI Election at the Jambi Province level. Thus, the Petitioner's argument that there was a reduction, transfer, shift, or migration of the Petitioner's votes to the Garuda Party is not proven,” said Allan Fatchan Gani Wardhana, Legal Counsel for the Respondent, at the hearing held in Panel 3 Hearing Room on Monday (13/05/2024).

KPU further explained that during the recapitulation process of the vote count results at the Jambi Province level, witnesses from the petitioner, PPP, were also present, based on a letter of mandate from the Regional Leadership Council of PPP Jambi Province Number 359/MDT/DPW/II/2024. The letter mandated Ade Marhan, Abdul Majid, and Afrioga Felmi as witnesses from PPP.

The session was also attended by witnesses from other election participants, and their presence was recorded in the attendance list signed by the witnesses. During the plenary session, no objections were raised by the petitioner's witnesses or other witnesses regarding the votes obtained by the Garuda Party for the election of members of the DPR RI in the Jambi Province Electoral District, and there were no suggestions for improvement from the Jambi Province Bawaslu. Therefore, according to the KPU, PPP's argument that there was a reduction, transfer, shift, or migration of votes to the Garuda Party is not proven.

Regarding the answers that have been explained, the Respondent requests the Court to accept and grant all of the Respondent's exceptions in the exception, and in the subject matter, to reject all of the Petitioner's requests and to declare the Decree of the General Elections Commission Number 360 of 2024 correct.