Only 20 Dispute Cases Passed Proof Testing on the First Day, What About the Other 152 Cases?

JAKARTA, KOMPAS - The Constitutional Court decided that only 20 cases out of 158 cases were continued to the further evidentiary stage. The examination of 138 other cases failed or was stopped for several reasons, such as the applicant did not have legal standing, the application was unclear or obscure, was withdrawn, or was dropped because the applicant did not attend the preliminary examination hearing.

The matters that have proceeded to the proof stage include, among others, the election disputes in Banjarbaru City, Pesawaran Regency, Magetan Regency, East Aceh Regency, Tasikmalaya Regency, Mimika Regency, Pasaman Regency, Sabang Regency, and North Gorontalo Regency.

In addition, there are also disputes in the regional elections of Lamandau Regency, West Bangka Regency, Palopo Regency, Governor of Bangka Belitung Islands, Empat Lawang Regency, West Pasaman Regency, South Bengkulu Regency, Serang Regency, Parigi Moutong Regency, Banggai Regency, and Bungo Regency.

This was decided in the verdict/stipulation reading session on Tuesday (4/2/2025) from morning to night. In addition to stating that the examination of 20 cases would be continued, the Constitutional Court also issued a ruling for 27 cases that were withdrawn or withdrawn by the applicant and nine cases that were dropped, and stated that 97 cases could not be accepted due to legal standing issues or vague requests, and six cases were not accepted because they were not within the authority of the Constitutional Court.

On Wednesday (February 5, 2025), the Constitutional Court (MK) once again read out decisions/rulings for 152 cases. The session for reading the decisions/rulings began at 8:00 AM WIB in the main courtroom of Building I of the Constitutional Court, led by Chief Justice Suhartoyo.

Several petitions that were dismissed include the regional election result disputes filed by the candidate pairs for governor and deputy governor of North Sumatra Edy Rahmayadi-Hasan Basri Sagala, the candidates for governor and deputy governor of East Java Tri Rismaharini-Gus Hans, the candidate pair for governor and deputy governor of South Sulawesi Ramdhan Pomanto and Azhar Arsyad, as well as the candidate pair for governor and deputy governor of Southeast Sulawesi Tina Nur Alam and La Ode Muh Ihsan Taufik Ridwan.

The Constitutional Court also granted the withdrawal of the case filed by the candidate pair for governor and deputy governor of Central Java, Andika Perkasa and Hendrar Prihari, then the candidate pair for governor and deputy governor of Central Kalimantan, Willy Midel Yoseph and Habib Ismail bin Yahya, and others.

As previously reported, the candidate pair for the Governor and Deputy Governor of Central Java in the regional election, candidate number 01, Andika M Perkasa-Hendrar Prihadi, also known as Hendi, withdrew their dispute request regarding the Central Java regional election results submitted to the Constitutional Court. The withdrawal was made through a letter from Andika-Hendi's legal team to the Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court on January 13, 2025.

Based on the revocation letter circulating, the legal team of Andika-Hendi submitted a request to withdraw case number 263/PHPU.GUB.XXIII/2025 dated December 11, 2024, and an amended request dated December 13, 2024. The withdrawal request was submitted by the Central Legal Aid and Advocacy Agency (BBHAR) of PDI Perjuangan, which was authorized by Andika-Hendi to accompany their lawsuit at the Constitutional Court.

"Hereby submitting the withdrawal of the dispute case regarding the 2024 Central Java Governor/Deputy Governor Election Results with register number 263/PHPU.GUB-XXIII/2025 dated December 11, 2024, and the revised petition dated December 13, 2024," stated the letter signed by Roy Jansen Siagian and Martina from the Central Legal Aid and People's Advocacy Agency (BBHA) of PDI Perjuangan, as quoted on Monday (January 13, 2025).

Meanwhile, on Wednesday (5/2/2025), the Constitutional Court will again read out the verdict/ruling for 152 cases. The verdict/ruling reading session will begin at 08.00 WIB in the main courtroom of Building I of the Constitutional Court, led by Chief Justice Suhartoyo.

Several gubernatorial election disputes, such as the South Papua, East Kalimantan, North Maluku, Central Sulawesi, Papua, Southwest Papua, and Central Papua, will have their fates determined. Likewise with a number of regencies/cities in the Papua region such as Jayapura, Puncak Jaya, Puncak, Merauke City, Sorong City, Fak-fak, Boven Digoel, and many others.

The results of the regional elections in several cities such as Padang City, Bekasi City, Kendari City, Ambon City, Malang City, Jayapura City, Tarakan City, and Palu City will also be confirmed from morning to evening this morning.