Denies Anies-Ganjar Dalil, KPU's Attorney: Applicants' Charge Material Is Not Dispute Over The Results Of The 2024 Presidential Election

The General Elections Commission (KPU) has denied the petitioner's argument, in this case the candidate pair (paslon) number 01 Anies Baswedan-Muhaimin Iskandar and candidate pair number 03 Ganjar Pranowo-Mahfud MD.

A member of the KPU's legal team, Yustin Alim, said that the argument submitted to the KPU as the respondent had the wrong address because the applicant did not at all dispute over the dispute over the results of the general election for the president and vice president (Pilpres).

"That the authority of the Constitutional Court in the electoral dispute is to examine and decide the outcome of the election dispute. That the petitioner's request does not at all dispute over the dispute over the results of the general election of the president and vice president (pilpres) but the applicant argued that the allegations of betrayal of the constitution and violation of the free principles are honest and fair as stated on pages 22 to 93 of the petitioner's petition," said Yustin in the 2024 Presidential Election Result Dispute (PHPU) session with the agenda of the respondent's answer and related parties at the Constitutional Court Building, Jakarta, Thursday 28 March.

The KPU's attorney continued, the applicant actually argued that the alleged violation of the procedure as stated on pages 93 to 98 of the applicant's petition.

"And thirdly, even if the petitioner's argument is related to the election results included in the application in page 16 of the application, it only includes the recapitulation of the presidential and vice presidential elections determined by the respondent without juxtaposing the vote acquisition according to the petitioner," he said.

The KPU attorney also highlighted the petitioner's application format which was not in accordance with the drafting guidelines as stipulated in the Constitutional Court Regulation Number 2 of 2024. In the petitioner's petition, it was stated that it did not include a competition for correct votes according to the applicant and the respondent.

"Based on these things above, the applicant's content is not material for dispute over the results of the general election which can be examined and decided by the Constitutional Court. That thus the petitioner's application must be rejected or at least unacceptable," said Yustin.