JAKARTA, LEGAL LITERACY – The Constitutional Court (MK) held a follow-up hearing with the agenda of listening to the Respondent's answers and the testimony of the Election Supervisory Body (Bawaslu) for the General Election Results Dispute (PHPU) case for candidates for members of the Regional People's Representative Council (DPRD) of East Aceh Regency, Aceh Timur Electoral District (Dapil) 2 submitted by Yanti Anggreyani, S.Pd, a candidate for Member of the DPRK of East Aceh Regency from the National Awakening Party (PKB) number 3.

The trial with case number 161-02-01-01/PHPU.DPR-DPRD-XXII/2024 was held in Panel 3 Hearing Room on Monday (07/05/2024) with the Panel of Judges of the Constitutional Court Arief Hidayat accompanied by Constitutional Justice Anwar Usman and Constitutional Justice Enny Nurbaningsih.

In this trial, the Respondent provided an explanation regarding the Petitioner's request which in the previous preliminary trial argued that there had been an inflation of votes which resulted in a difference between the votes determined by the Respondent and the correct votes according to the Petitioner.

In its response, the KPU stated that the Petitioner's application did not include or complete a written letter of approval from the chairman and secretary general of the Political Party concerned.

In the subject matter of the case, the Respondent stated that the reduction in the Petitioner's votes in Peureulak District by 2 votes was incorrect because based on the Peureulak District Result Model D Form, the Petitioner's votes in Peureulak District, East Aceh Regency Dapil 2 were 75 votes.

Furthermore, the claim regarding the addition of 429 votes for Azhari, a Candidate for Member of the East Aceh Regency People's Representative Council Dapil 2 who is registered at number 5 in Peureulak District, is unfounded. According to data recorded in the Peureulak District Result Model D Form, East Aceh Regency Dapil 2, the valid number of votes for the Respondent is 616 votes.

“the addition of votes at number 5 in the name of Azhari, a Candidate for Member of the DPR of East Aceh Regency Dapil 2 in Peureulak District by 429 votes is incorrect because based on the Peureulak District Result Model D Form, East Aceh Regency Dapil 2, the Respondent's votes were 616 votes,” said Adika Gautama as the Respondent's attorney.

Furthermore, the Petitioner's argument regarding the reduction in votes for the National Awakening Party (PKB) political party in Peureulak District by 137 votes is incorrect because based on the Peureulak District Result Model D Form, East Aceh Regency Dapil 2 was 92 votes.