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

The hearing, which took place in Panel 3 Hearing Room of the Constitutional Court, handled the case with number 220-01-14-06/PHPU.DPR-DPRD-XXII/2024. This case was filed by the Democratic Party, represented by Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono as Chairman and Teuku Riefky Harsya as Secretary General, regarding the candidacy of Alfi N. Rustam, number 9 from the South Sumatra II Electoral District. The object of the lawsuit is the General Election Commission (KPU) Decree Number 360 of 2024.

In the trial, the Petitioner argued that there was a removal of 540 votes belonging to Candidate Alfi N. Rustam and an addition of votes in Tebing Tinggi Subdistrict and Muara Pinang Subdistrict. The Petitioner suspects fraud and engineering, resulting in differences between the vote data recorded in the C1 form at each polling station and the KPU recapitulation results, from the sub-district to the national level.

“There are two main points in this Petition, Your Honor. First, the loss of 540 votes for Candidate Alfi N. Rustam and second, the addition of votes in Tebing Tinggi Subdistrict and Muara Pinang Subdistrict,” said Muhammad Mualimin, as the Petitioner's Counsel.

In addition, the Petitioner stated that there were vote differences both for the Petitioner's internal candidates and from outside the party, including the addition of votes for several legislative candidates at the sub-district level whose sources could not be explained.

Based on the evidence possessed by the Petitioner, there was a significant addition of votes that did not match the original data in the sub-district recapitulation, for example:

  1. H. Mirzan Ikbal was stated to have 7,377 votes, when he should have had 3,948.
  2. Wahyu Sanjaya was stated to have 445 votes, when he should have had 425.
  3. Sri Meliyana was stated to have 4,014 votes, when she should have had 759.
  4. Bobi Adhityo R was stated to have 3,262 votes, when he should have had 2,174.
  5. Dr. H. Andi was stated to have 1,631 votes, when he should have had 138.

The Petitioner also stated that the Respondent's actions in reducing the Petitioner's votes indicate that the Respondent's recapitulation results, from the sub-district to the central level in the South Sumatra II electoral district, are not credible and are not based on the actual results.

Based on these arguments, the Petitioner requests the Constitutional Court to grant its petition by canceling KPU Decree Number 360 of 2024 and ordering the Respondent to conduct a recount of votes for candidates for members of the DPR RI for the South Sumatra II Electoral District.