JAKARTA, LEGAL LITERACY - The Constitutional Court of the Republic of Indonesia held a preliminary hearing on the dispute over the election results of candidates for members of the Mimika Regency DPRD, Electoral District (Dapil) 4 on Monday, April 29, 2024. This case is registered under case number 137-02-01-36/PHPU.DPR-DPRD-XXII/2024 on behalf of the applicant Muhammad Asri, S.E., a candidate for member of the Mimika Regency DPRD from the National Awakening Party (PKB), Dapil 4.

In the preliminary hearing led by Constitutional Justice Arief Hidayat, accompanied by Constitutional Justice Anwar Usman and Constitutional Justice Enny Nurbaningsih, the applicant, through his attorney, Subani, argued that there was a difference in votes between the election results determined by the respondent (General Election Commission) and the correct election results according to the applicant. According to the applicant, his vote acquisition should have been 2,613, but according to the results determined by the respondent, the applicant's votes were only 1,247.

“According to the applicant, his votes should have been 2,613, while the respondent determined only 1,247 votes,” said Subani. The applicant suspects that the cause of the difference in votes was the inflation of votes for PKB in Waniai District, with the following details: an addition of 6 votes; inflation of votes for Benyamin…