Leave The Conclusion Of The Constitutional Court Session And Additional Evidence, KPU: Affirming The Applicants' Dalil Is Not Proven

KPU Commissioner Mochammad Afifuddin/PHOTO: Diah Ayu-VOI

The General Election Commission (KPU) has submitted a conclusion that the 2024 presidential election dispute trial is accompanied by additional evidence submitted to the Constitutional Court (MK).

KPU commissioner Mochammad Afifuddin said that in the conclusion submitted, the KPU asked the Constitutional Court to reject the petitioner's request for a re-voting for the 2024 presidential election by disqualifying Prabowo-Gibran.

"Today we convey a conclusion, which basically confirms that all the arguments of the applicant and the facts in the trial are not proven," Afif said at the Constitutional Court hearing, Central Jakarta, Tuesday, April 16.

Throughout the trial, the KPU presented witnesses and experts, as well as submitted 139 pieces of evidence for cases being sued by the Anies-Muhaimin and Ganjar-Mahfud camps.

The KPU evidence contains documents related to the process of voting and counting votes, recapitulation of vote count results from the sub-district level to the central level, documents related to Sirekap's explanation, and other documents related to the stages of the 2024 presidential election.

The KPU today also submitted additional evidence in the form of a D form, a Special Incident at the District level throughout Indonesia. This is as requested by the panel of judges on the agenda of proof at the previous trial.

"Based on all the series and also evidence, then the witnesses and experts we present and the conclusions we present this afternoon, the KPU believes that the Constitutional Court will make the fairest possible decisions," Afif explained.

The Constitutional Court has finished holding a trial for the 2024 presidential election dispute. Now, the Constitutional Court provides an opportunity for litigants to submit the conclusion of the election results dispute trial (PHPU), namely the Anies-Muhaimin team, Ganjar-Mahfud, KPU, Prabowo-Gibran, to Bawaslu.

The Constitutional Court is scheduled to accept conclusions from the parties on Tuesday, April 16, 2024 no later than 16.00 WIB. Meanwhile, the PHPU decision or dispute over the 2024 presidential election will be announced on April 22, 2024.