JAKARTA, LEGAL LITERACY - The Constitutional Court of the Republic of Indonesia held a preliminary hearing on the Dispute over the Results of the General Election (PHPU) for the election of DPRD candidate members Intan Jaya Regency Electoral District 1 on Monday (29/04/2024). In a hearing chaired by Constitutional Justice Arief Hidayat, together with Constitutional Justice Anwar Usman and Constitutional Justice Enny Nurbaningsih, the Constitutional Court examined the clarity of the petition submitted by Garuda Party.
Allegations of Administrative Violations and Vote Theft
In his petition registered with number 279-01-11-36/PHPU.DPR-DPRD-XXII/2024, the petitioner argued that there were administrative violations and vote theft during the legislative elections which took place on 19 February 2024. Abdul Haris, the petitioner's attorney, highlighted that the implementation of the elections in Intan Jaya Regency used the noken system and there was a lack of C1 Plano forms and polling equipment that should have been provided by the Intan Jaya Regency KPU and the District Election Committee.
Haris also stated that the document was instead found in the hands of the National Mandate Party, raising suspicions of vote manipulation. He added, "In Intan Jaya there are two districts, namely Sugapa and Hitadipa Districts. Our party's votes are zero, even though in the field, our party has 4,666 votes."
KPU's Failure to Heed Bawaslu's Recommendations
The petitioner also highlighted that the Intan Jaya Regency KPU had ignored Bawaslu's recommendations and committed election violations by holding a regency-level plenary session without the presence of representatives from all districts, which is a violation of PKPU Number 10 of 2023. Haris added, "Regarding the results in the field, there is already a recommendation from the supervisory committee to carry out a recapitulation according to the field, but the respondent KPU Intan Jaya did not heed it."
Applicant's Demands
In its petition, the Garuda Party asked the Constitutional Court to annul KPU Decree Number 360 of 2024 and determine the acquisition of votes according to the petitioner's claim, namely 4,666 votes. In addition, the petitioner also asked the Court to disqualify several candidate members of the Intan Jaya Regency DPRD Electoral District 1 who committed alleged criminal acts of coercion and/or kidnapping of the head of the Hitadipa District.
“We suspect that the disappearance of the head of the Hitadipa PPD was carried out by two legislative candidates from PAN, so we are asking for these legislative candidates to be disqualified,” said Abdul Haris.
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