JAKARTA, LEGAL LITERACY – Constitutional Court The Constitutional Court (MK) held a Preliminary Hearing for the General Election Results Dispute (PHPU) case for DPR-DPRD on Thursday (2/5/2024) afternoon. The hearing was led by Constitutional Justice Arief Hidayat, accompanied by Constitutional Justice Anwar Usman and Constitutional Justice Enny Nurbaningsih. The hearing, which took place in Panel Courtroom 3 of the Constitutional Court, handled case number 111-01-13-24/PHPU.DPR-DPRD-XXII/2024. This case was filed by the Crescent Star Party (PBB), represented by Yusril Ihza Mahendra as Chairman and Afriansyah Noor as Secretary-General, for the filling of prospective members of the Bulungan DPRD in North Kalimantan Province, Bulungan Electoral District (Dapil) 1. This lawsuit is directed at the General Election Commission (KPU) Decree Number 360 of 2024.
In the trial, the Petitioner claimed that there was an increase in votes for the Golongan Karya (Golkar) Party at three Polling Stations (TPS): TPS 039, TPS 060, and TPS 076 in Tanjung Selor Hilir Village, Tanjung Selor District. This increase in votes was said to have resulted in a reduction of three votes for the Petitioner at TPS 039, Tanjung Hilir Village.
“In Electoral District 1 of Bulungan Regency, there has been an increase in votes that benefited the Golongan Karya (Golkar) Party at three TPS, namely TPS 039, TPS 060, and TPS 076, Tanjung Selor District,” said Langen Subha Pangestu, the Petitioner's Counsel. According to the Petitioner, the actual number of votes for Golkar is 5,816, different from the 5,820 stipulated by the Respondent. Meanwhile, the Petitioner has 1,943 votes, compared to 1,940 votes stipulated by the Respondent.
Langen Subha Pangestu explained, “Golkar received 5,816 votes, according to the Respondent 5,820, there was an addition of four votes. PBB received 1,943 votes, while according to the Respondent 1,940, there was a reduction of three votes, Your Honor.”
The Petitioner argued that the Respondent's error in increasing the vote acquisition for the Golkar Party had affected the Petitioner's seat acquisition, namely the last or 9th seat out of a total of nine seat quotas in the Bulungan 1 Regency Electoral District, which should have been obtained by the Petitioner. The Petitioner requests the Constitutional Court to grant its request by canceling the General Election Commission Decree Number 360 of 2024 and stipulating the correct vote acquisition results according to the Petitioner for filling the membership of the Regency DPRD in the Bulungan 1 Electoral District.
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