JAKARTA, LEGAL LITERACY - The Constitutional Court (MK) of the Republic of Indonesia held a preliminary hearing for the General Election Result Dispute (PHPU) case for prospective members of the DPRD (Regional People's Representative Council) of the Deyai Electoral District (Dapil) 3 today, Monday, April 29, 2024. The case with number 106-02-01-36/PHPU.DPR-DPRD-XXII/2024 was filed by Agusten Yuppy, a candidate for DPRD member of Deyai Regency Dapil 3 from the National Awakening Party (PKB), who argued that there was alleged manipulation of votes by the KPU (General Elections Commission) of Deyai Regency.

Alleged Changes to PKB Vote Results in Deyai Regency

The preliminary hearing was presided over by Constitutional Justice Arief Hidayat, with members of the panel of justices Constitutional Justice Anwar Usman and Constitutional Justice Enny Nurbaningsih. In his petition, the Petitioner, represented by his attorney, Subani, argued that the KPU of Deyai Regency allegedly changed the results of PKB's vote acquisition so that C. Hasil Plano (Plano Result C) and D. Hasil (Result D) were not in accordance with the recommendations from the Regency Bawaslu (Election Supervisory Body) which did not coordinate with the PPK (Subdistrict Election Committee) of Kapiraya District.

The Petitioner claims that the correct acquisition of PKB votes based on C. Hasil Plano and D. Hasil…