Denny Indrayana Will Sue Again After Losing South Kalimantan Election, Previous Banjarmasin Election Re-Vote Was Sued But Lost

BANJARMASIN - South Kalimantan (Kalsel) Cagub Denny Indrayana is preparing to sue again for his defeat in the re-voting for the South Kalimantan governor election. If this is realized, it means that Denny Indrayana, the former Deputy Minister of Law and Human Rights in the era of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, has advanced to the Constitutional Court.

Quoted by VOI from the KPU election page, Denny Indrayana lost to his incumbent competitor Sahbirin Noor (Uncle Birin)-Muhidin. As of 23.06 local time, Wednesday, June 9, Uncle Birin was ahead with a percentage of 51.2 percent of the vote. Meanwhile, Denny Indrayana received 48.8 percent of the votes.

Uncle Birin received 868,049 votes, while Denny Indrayana had 827,857 votes. The head of the South Kalimantan KPU, Sarmuji, explained that the data displayed was a photo of the Model.C Result-KWK form sent by KPPS through Sirekap.

"If there is an error in the data on the Model.C Results-KWK form, corrections will be made at the open plenary meeting of the recapitulation at the sub-district level," he said, Wednesday, June 9.

Denny Indrayana, who repeatedly stirred up anti-money politics, did not accept the KPU's preliminary count results. Meanwhile, through a quick count, the Indonesian Political Indicator survey institute named Uncle Birin the winner.

"After discussing and exchanging ideas with coalition parties, volunteers, and legal counsel, we chose the option of filing a lawsuit on the results of the PSU to the Constitutional Court," said Denny accompanied by deputy governor Difriadi Darjat at a press conference in Banjarbaru.

Denny Indrayana said that the option to file a lawsuit against the PSU results to the Constitutional Court had been carefully considered by considering the amount of support and trust that the community had entrusted to them through the South Kalimantan Pilkada.

He emphasized that the amount of support and trust from the community will continue to be fought for until the last drop of blood, so that he was chosen to challenge the results of the PSU, whose figures are still tentative.

"We apologize to all supporters and the people of South Kalimantan who have chosen us. We will fight for this great mandate according to the principles of Waja Until Kaputing, fighting to the end," he said.

He said that through a lawsuit that would be submitted back to the Constitutional Court regarding the results of the PSU, it would be the last step, and whatever results and decisions would be respected as a result of the democratic process.

"After the Constitutional Court's decision later, whatever the results and decisions we will accept and no other process is planned to be the next stage after the release of the results of the Constitutional Court trial," he said.

He explained that the lawsuit to the Constitutional Court was also a form of responsibility to maintain the mandate entrusted by the people of South Kalimantan according to the statement that there were no transactions in any form after the re-election.

"We believe that the voice of the people must be respected and according to our previous statement, there was no transaction, so through the Constitutional Court we are struggling to convey the mandate that has been given to the people of South Kalimantan," he said.

Denny Indrayana, his party already knows the results of the PSU's temporary votes from three regions namely Banjarmasin City, Banjar Regency, and Regency but are still waiting for the official results.

PSU Results Sued Again to MK

What will be done by Denny Indrayana who is promoted by Democrats and Gerindra has been done regarding the 2020 Banjarmasin Local Election. The results of the re-vote were sued again, but in fact, they also lost in the Constitutional Court.

The Election Commission of Banjarmasin then determined the candidate pair for mayor-deputy mayor H Ibnu Sina and H Arifin Noor as the winner of the Banjarmasin Local Election.

Ibnu-Arifin was determined to be the winner of the Election of Banjarmasin City, because he received the most votes in the election on December 9, 2020. However, a re-voting (PSU) was held on April 28, 2021, with a total of 89,378 votes.

While the second position was occupied by candidate pair number 04, Hj Ananda and H Mushaffa Zakir 81,262 votes, then candidate pair number 01, H Haris Makkie and Ilham Noor with 34,875 votes, and candidate pair number 03, H Khairul Saleh and Habib Muhammad Ali Al Habsyi 29,926 votes.

Ibn Sina expressed his gratitude for the election process that went smoothly and safely. He stated that the 2020 Banjarmasin City Election provided many open lessons for the community, with polite results, an elegant democratic way, so that all candidate pairs acknowledged that the results that had been determined by the KPU were strengthened by the Constitutional Court.