JAKARTA, LEGAL LITERACY – The Constitutional Court (MK) held a Preliminary Hearing for the General Election Results Dispute (PHPU) for the DPR-DPRD on Thursday (2/5/2024) afternoon. The hearing was presided over by Constitutional Justice Arief Hidayat, accompanied by Constitutional Justice Anwar Usman and Constitutional Justice Enny Nurbaningsih.

The hearing, held in Panel 3 Hearing Room of the Constitutional Court, handled the case with number 230-01-01-06/PHPU.DPR-DPRD-XXII/2024. This case was filed by the National Awakening Party (PKB), represented by H. A. Muhaimin Iskandar as Chairman and Hasanuddin Wahid as Secretary General. This hearing relates to the election of Provincial/Regency/City DPRD in South Sumatra Province, specifically the Lahat 5 Electoral District (Dapil), Palembang City 6 Dapil, and South Sumatra 9 Dapil. The object of the petition is the General Election Commission (KPU) Decree Number 360 of 2024.

In the trial, the petitioner argued that there was a difference in the vote acquisition between the petitioner's data and the respondent's (KPU) version for several parties in the Electoral District (Dapil) in South Sumatra Province.

Lahat Regency Electoral District 5

The petitioner questioned the results of filling the seats of members of the Lahat Regency DPRD, Lahat Regency Electoral District 5. According to the petitioner, the Gerindra Party should have obtained 4,072 votes, but the respondent determined it to be 4,023 votes. Meanwhile, according to the petitioner, PDI-Perjuangan should have obtained 1,238 votes, but the respondent determined it to be 1,217 votes. Furthermore, the petitioner also questioned the difference in votes for the National Mandate Party, which according to the petitioner should have obtained 3,434 votes, but the respondent determined it to be 3,504 votes.

According to the petitioner, the difference in vote acquisition above was due to the addition of votes by the respondent to the National Mandate Party by 70 votes and the reduction by the respondent for the Gerindra Party and PDI-Perjuangan by 49 and 21 votes respectively.

“There were additions and reductions in votes, namely in the Gerindra Party, PDI-Perjuangan, and the National Mandate Party. According to the respondent, the Gerindra Party has a figure of 4,023, while the figure according to the petitioner is 4,072, which means there is a reduction with a difference of 49. Meanwhile, in the PDI-P Party, the figure according to the respondent is 1,217, while the figure according to the petitioner is 1,238. There is a reduction of 21. Next, from the National Mandate Party, according to the respondent is 3,504, while according to the petitioner is 3,434. There is an addition,” said Muhammad Athoilah, as the Petitioner's Attorney.