JAKARTA, LEGAL LITERACY —Constitutional Court The Constitutional Court (MK) decided that the petition of Oktovianus Wandikmbo, a candidate for the Intan Jaya 3 Regency DPRD from the Great Indonesia Movement Party (Gerindra), is inadmissible (Niet Ontvankelijke Verklaard). The panel of Constitutional Justices stated that Case Number 68-02-02-36/PHPU.DPR-DPRD-XXII/2024 did not meet the formal requirements of the petition because he did not have the legal standing to file the petition. This verdict was read out by the Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court, Suhartoyo, on Wednesday (May 21, 2024) in the Plenary Session Room, Building 1, Constitutional Court Jakarta.
“Verdict, adjudicating, In the exception, granting the respondent's exception regarding the legal standing of the Petitioner. On the subject matter of the petition, declaring the petitioner's petition inadmissible,” Suhartoyo asserted, accompanied by other constitutional justices.
The Constitutional Court stated that the Petitioner did not include a letter of approval from the relevant political party to file the petition as an individual legislative candidate. After examining the Petitioner's petition file received along with evidence based on the Electronic Petitioner Application Submission Deed (e-AP3), the Court found that the Petitioner only attached a letter of recommendation signed by the Chairman of the Gerindra Party Branch Leadership Council of Intan Jaya Regency, without a letter of recommendation or approval signed by the General Chairman and Secretary General of the Gerindra Party DPP.
According to the Court, the Petitioner did not mention the existence of a letter of approval from the relevant political party to file the petition as an individual legislative candidate. After the Court examined the petitioner's petition file received by the Court along with evidence based on the Electronic Petitioner Application Submission Deed (e-AP3), the petitioner attached a letter of recommendation signed by the Chairman of the Gerindra Party Branch Leadership Council of Intan Jaya Regency, without a letter of recommendation or approval signed by the General Chairman and Secretary General of the Gerindra Party DPP.
“The Petitioner did not mention the existence of a letter of approval from the relevant political party to file the petition as an individual legislative candidate. After the Court examined the Petitioner's petition file received by the Court along with evidence based on the Electronic Petitioner Application Submission Deed (e-AP3), the Petitioner attached a letter of recommendation signed by the Chairman of the Gerindra Party Branch Leadership Council of Intan Jaya Regency, without a letter of recommendation or approval signed by the General Chairman and Secretary General of the Gerindra Party DPP,” said Enny Nurbaningsih.
Previously, the petitioner argued that there had been fraud in the acquisition of votes. According to the Petitioner, represented by his attorney, Salhan Adiputra Alboneh, the petitioner's votes from four villages, totaling 4,772 votes, had been removed. The Petitioner suspected that the missing votes were stolen and/or removed by members of the District Election Committee (PPD) and the Voting Committee (PPS), which were then transferred to other candidates.
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