JAKARTA, LEGAL LITERACY - The Constitutional Court of the Republic of Indonesia held a preliminary hearing on the dispute over the election results for members of the DPRD (Regional People's Representative Council) of Intan Jaya Regency, Central Papua Province on Monday (29/4/2024) Morning. This case, registered under case number 68-02-02-36/PHPU.DPR-DPRD-XXII/2024, was filed by Oktovianus Wandikmbo, a candidate for member of the DPRD of Intan Jaya Regency, serial number 1 from the Great Indonesia Movement Party (Gerindra), Intan Jaya Electoral District 3.

Allegation of Vote Elimination

The preliminary hearing, presided over by Constitutional Justice Arief Hidayat, accompanied by Constitutional Justice Anwar Usman and Constitutional Justice Enny Nurbaningsih, discussed allegations of fraud in the vote acquisition. The Petitioner, represented by his attorney, Salhan Adiputra Alboneh, argued for the elimination of votes from four villages totaling 4,772 votes. The Petitioner suspects that the votes were robbed and/or eliminated by members of the District Election Committee (PPD) and Voting Committee (PPS), which were then transferred to other candidates.

According to the petitioner, the votes that should have been obtained were 5,049, but the respondent's (General Election Commission) version recorded only 277 votes for the petitioner. Meanwhile, the votes obtained by the Candidate from the Gerindra Party serial number 2, Salmon Nagapa, should have been only 259, compared to the recorded 5,031.

“There is a difference of 4,772 votes between the petitioner and Salmon Nagapa. Salmon should only have obtained 259 votes,” said Salhan Adiputra Alboneh.

In addition to the difference in votes, the petitioner revealed a recommendation from the Intan Jaya Regency Election Supervisory Body (Bawaslu) Number: 083/Rekom.01.0/K.PT/08/III/2024 dated March 05, 2024 concerning the Cancellation of the Plenary Vote Recapitulation Results for Intan Jaya Regency. However, the recommendation was not followed up by the election organizers.

Petitum of Oktovianus Wandikmbo

Based on this issue, Oktovianus Wandikmbo, through his attorney, asked the Court to grant his petition in its entirety, annul General Election Commission Decree Number 360 of 2024, and determine the correct vote acquisition results according to the Petitioner.