Make Covert Changes, The Court Judge Warns The Legal Counsel Of The Candidates For Regent-Deputy Regent Of Pandeglang

JAKARTA - Judge Panel I of the Constitutional Court (MK) Enny Nurbaningsih reprimanded the attorney for the Pandeglang Regional Election dispute applicant, Nandang Wirakusuma, for allegedly revising the petition in disguise during the preliminary hearing.

The applicant for the dispute over the election results for the Regent and Deputy Regent of Pandeglang is pair number 2, Thoni Fathoni Mukson-Miftahul Tamamy.

"Everything is the same, applies to all and even on all panels, it is not allowed to make changes, let alone covert changes, beyond what has been used as a revision of the petition that has been submitted to the respondent," said Enny Nurbaningsih during the election dispute trial at the Constitutional Court Building, Friday, 29 January reported by Antara.

In the preliminary examination hearing, the applicant is only allowed to make corrections that are not substantial in nature, such as typographical errors. Because, explained Enny, it was related to the General Election Commission's (KPU) answer and the Election Supervisory Body's (Bawaslu) statement responding to the petitioner's request at the trial next week.

The reprimand was made after the attorney for the petitioner Nandang Wirakusuma asked the Constitutional Court Panel of Judges to order the Pandeglang KPU to re-vote (PSU) in 138 polling stations spread across 10 districts due to fraud and violations.

Meanwhile, in the application revision file that was sent earlier, the applicant asked for the PSU in 35 districts throughout Pandeglang Regency.

Meanwhile, the Pandeglang KPU determined the results of the recapitulation of candidate number 1 Irna Narulita-Tanto Warsono as many as 389,367 votes, while the pair number 2 Thoni Fathoni Mukson-Miftahul Tamamy was 223,220 votes.