PDIP: Substitution And Dismissal Of Tia And Rahmad From Members Of The DPR Due To The Dispute In The Vote Of The Legislative Election

Candidates for DPR RI elected from Dapil I Banten, Tia Rahmania failed to be appointed as a member of the council for being fired by PDIP. (Screenshot)

JAKARTA - Chairman of the PDI-P (PDIP) DPP Djarot Saiful Hidayat said that the replacement of candidates for DPR members Tia Rahmania andori Triyana and Rahmad Handoyo was replaced by Didik Haryadi due to disputes over the results of votes between PDIP internal cadres.

Djarot explained that the lawsuit on the matter was not filed with the Constitutional Court (MK) but to the Party Court. Both have been summoned and examined but could not provide evidence regarding the difference in votes so that PDIP decided to fire Tia and Rahmad.

"Whoever, there is a lot, there are more than 100, who enter the party about the dispute over the outcome of the vote. It's all resolved by the Party Court. Call everything by bringing evidence. The proof is the C1 form anyway. Well, it's all checked. There's a transfer of votes. Yes, right? The addition of votes, internal parties and this is decided, seen, for example, diverting the voice of A or the B, it is proven by the C1 form, then it must be issued, right? Then sum it up, see, and that's detail. Everything was recorded," Djarot told reporters, Thursday, September 26.

"Well, then from there the Registrar reported to the Party Court. I am a member of the Party Court. The chairman of the Party Court is Mr. Laoly. His deputy Mr. Komarudin. So the result was submitted. The evidence was submitted, then the Party Court decided that the lawsuit was accepted or not. If the lawsuit was accepted, it means that he lost. Who is he? Tia? Including Rahmad, the same," he continued.

The results of the decision of the Party Court, continued Djarot, were then reported in the PDIP DPP meeting. According to him, the process has been going on for a long time and not suddenly.

"Well, because of that, for example this Tia, can be called up by the field of honor. The Party's Honorary Court, resigns or not, you know, with this evidence. If not, then you have to be fired," said Djarot.

As previously reported, two candidates for DPR RI members were elected from the First District of Banten, Tia Rahmania and from the Central Java electoral district V Rahmad Handoyo failed to be inaugurated because both of them were fired by PDIP.

Tia failed to be inaugurated as a member of the Indonesian House of Representatives based on the Indonesian KPU Decree number 1368 of 2024 which was signed by the Chairman of the Indonesian KPU Mochamad Afifudin on September 23, 2024.

In the letter, it was also explained that Tia's position was replaced byugas Triyana, her party mate. Tia's reason for canceling being a member of the DPR, which was because Tia was fired as a PDIP cadre.

"Determining the change in the determination of the elected candidates for members of the House of Representatives in the 2024 General Election against the Indonesian Democratic Party for the Regional Struggle for the Elections of Central Java V and Banten I," wrote the decree.

"No longer fulfilling the requirements to become a member of the DPR because the person concerned (Tia Rahmania) was dismissed from party members," continued the decree.

Apart from Tia, Rahmad Handoyo from the Central Java electoral district V was also fired and replaced by Didik Haryadi, who won 74,750 valid votes.

Both were declared ineligible to occupy the seats of the DPR because of their membership status in the PDIP which had been revoked. Both are also said to be unable to prove the lawsuit filed.