JAKARTA, LEGAL LITERACY – Constitutional Court The Constitutional Court (MK) held a Preliminary Hearing on the Dispute over General Election Results (PHPU) for the DPR-DPRD on Thursday (2/5/2024). The hearing was presided over by Constitutional Justice Arief Hidayat, accompanied by Constitutional Justice Anwar Usman and Constitutional Justice Enny Nurbaningsih.
The hearing, which took place in the Panel 3 Hearing Room of the Constitutional Court, addressed the case with number 232-02-01-06/PHPU.DPR-DPRD-XXII/2024. This case was filed by Soderi Tario, a candidate for the DPRD of Ogan Komering Ulu Regency, Electoral District (Dapil) 2, from the National Awakening Party (PKB), serial number 1, concerning the Decree of the General Election Commission (KPU) Number 360 of 2024.
During the trial, the Petitioner argued that there were differences in the vote count between the Respondent (KPU) and the Petitioner, particularly concerning the vote acquisition of the Petitioner and PKB legislative candidate number 9, Muslimin. According to the Petitioner, Muslimin should have obtained 2,204 votes, different from the 2,333 determined by the Respondent. In addition, the PKB votes according to the Petitioner were 868, different from the 839 determined by the Respondent.
“The acquisition of the National Awakening Party according to the Respondent is 839 votes, while according to the Petitioner it is 868 votes, meaning there is a reduction of 29 votes, Your Honor,” said Raden Adidarmo Pramudji as the Petitioner's Counsel.
The Petitioner believes that this vote difference is caused by a reduction of 29 votes from PKB that were added to Muslimin, PKB legislative candidate number 9, in 18 polling stations (TPS) in Ulu Ogan District. This addition of votes is allegedly due to data input errors by the Respondent, which can be seen in the C1 TPS and D-Hasil Kecamatan documents. According to the Petitioner, the transfer of these votes caused the Petitioner's votes to be below Muslimin's votes. Conversely, if the transferred party votes are returned, the Petitioner's votes will be 6 votes higher than Muslimin's.
“There are Party votes that went to legislative candidate number 9 in the name of Muslimin. If those votes had not been transferred, then the Petitioner would be the superior one with 2,210 votes,” said Raden Adidarmo.
Regarding this matter, the Petitioner requests the Constitutional Court to grant his request by annulling the Decree of the General Election Commission Number 360 of 2024 and stipulating the correct vote acquisition results according to the Petitioner.
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