JAKARTA, LEGAL LITERACY – The General Elections Commission (KPU) has affirmed that regarding the announcement of the provisional list of candidates for members of the Tarakan City DPRD in the 2024 Election in print and electronic media, no public responses were received by the Respondent concerning the status of Erick Hendrawan Septian Putra. This was conveyed by the KPU as the Respondent in a hearing presided over by Constitutional Justice Arief Hidayat, accompanied by Constitutional Justice Anwar Usman and Constitutional Justice Enny Nurbaningsih, regarding the General Election Result Dispute case number 226-01-17-24/PHPU.DPR-DPRD-XXII/2024 submitted by the United Development Party (PPP) for the filling of candidate members of the Tarakan City DPRD in the Electoral District (Dapil) 1 of Central Tarakan Sub-district, Tarakan City, North Kalimantan Province.

“The determination of the provisional candidate list has been published, but there has been no response from the public,” said Zahru Arqom, Legal Counsel for the Respondent, at the hearing held in Panel Room 3, Monday (05/13/2024).

The KPU explained that on March 3, 2024, an Open Plenary Meeting was held for the Recapitulation of Vote Count Results for the 2024 Election at the Tarakan City level. The results were recorded in the MODEL D. HASIL KABKO-DPRD KABKO Certificate for the Tarakan City Electoral District 1 and in KPU Tarakan City Decree Number 86 of 2024. However, this decision was later revoked and replaced by KPU Tarakan City Decree Number 87 of 2024.

Furthermore, on March 19, 2024, one day before the determination of national-level vote results and after the determination of district/city-level vote results, the results of the hearing on alleged election administration violations involving Erick Hendrawan Septian Putra were read out. The Tarakan City Bawaslu's decision that was read out, according to the KPU, had passed the period for determining the acquisition of votes at the district level. The general election results for legislative candidates in the name of Erick Hendrawan Septian Putra were determined through KPU Tarakan City Decree Number 87 of 2024 concerning the Determination of the General Election Results for Members of the Tarakan City Regional People's Representative Council in 2024, which was stipulated on March 17, 2024.

Regarding the explanation provided, the Respondent requests the Court to accept and grant all of the Respondent's exceptions in the exception, and in the subject matter, to reject all of the Petitioner's requests and to declare the Decree of the General Elections Commission Number 360 of 2024 to be correct.