Sugianto Sabran-Edy Wins Central Kalimantan Pilgub, Ben-Ujang Sues To MK

Constitutional Court (MK) Building / ANTARA

PALANGKA RAYA - Candidate pair number 1 Ben Brahim S Bahat-Ujang Iskandar officially registered a lawsuit against the results of the 2020 Central Kalimantan Governor and Deputy Governor Election to the Constitutional Court.

The Central Kalimantan regional election lawsuit filed by candidate number 1 was received by the Constitutional Court. The lawsuit submitted by candidate pair number 1 and represented by seven of their attorneys requests the annulment of the Central Kalimantan KPU decision Number: 075 / PL.02.6-Kpt / 62 / Prov / XII / 2020 concerning the determination of the recapitulation of the vote count results and the election results for the Governor and Deputy Governor. Central Kalimantan 2020.

The 2020 Central Kalimantan regional election was attended by two candidate pairs, namely Ben Brahim S Bahat-Ujang Iskandar who received 502,800 votes in plenary results and his competitor Sugianto Sabran-Edy Pratowo with 536,128 votes.

The 25 petition letters that have been received by the Constitutional Court also question a number of matters such as suspicion of fraud in the voting process.

In this case candidate candidate number 1 indicates the non-neutrality of the KPU as the organizer, the number of additional voters has increased dramatically, and the existence of multiple voters.

The lawsuit, as reported by Antara, Tuesday, December 22, also questioned the alleged abuse of government structures and bureaucracy as well as the government's program to win candidate pair number 2 Sugianto-Edy.

Ben Brahim is the Regent of Kapuas and Ujang is Sugianto's competitor in the 2015 Central Kalimantan Regional Election. Sugianto is the incumbent and Edy is the Regent of Pulang Pisau.

The KPU of Central Kalimantan Province previously appointed candidate pair number 2 Sugianto Sabran-Edy Pratowo as the winner of the Central Kalimantan Pilgub. Sugianto Sabran-Edy managed to get 33,328 votes ahead of its competitor number 1 Ben Brahim S Bahat-Ujang Iskandar.

"The data on the vote acquisition for candidate pair number 1 were 502,800 votes and pair number 2 received 536,128 votes," said the KPU Commissioner for Central Kalimantan Technical Division Sastriadi in Palangka Raya, quoted by Antara, Friday, December 18.