KPU: Almost All PSU Pilkada Held After Eid

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Chairman of the General Elections Commission (KPU) Mochammad Afifuddin said that almost all schedules for the 2024 Pilkada re-voting in 24 regions will be held after Eid al-Fitr 2025.

"It turned out that everything was after Eid al-Fitr, I think after that, based on the decision of the Constitutional Court," said Afifuddin as quoted by ANTARA, Monday, March 3.

He said there was also a re-voting (PSU) which had to be held 30 days after the decision of the Constitutional Court (MK) was read out. The PSU in these areas will be held on March 22, 2025.

"We have limited decisions from the Constitutional Court, which was March 30 today, yes, that's a little TPS, not 100 percent. There is one region, four TPS, a little TPS," he said.

According to Afifuddin, the KPU will violate the rules if it schedules all PSUs after Eid al-Fitr. For this reason, the KPU implements the PSU according to the Constitutional Court's decision.

"If we do everything after Eid al-Fitr, it exceeds the decision, it's wrong for us later. So, we are implementing the decision of the Constitutional Court," explained Afifuddin.

The Constitutional Court ordered PSUs in 24 regions after deciding on disputes over the results of the 2024 Pilkada. The decision was announced at the plenary session which took place on February 24, 2025, with all nine constitutional judges having completed the reading of the decision on 40 cases being investigated further.

Based on the official website of the Indonesian Constitutional Court, of all these cases, the Constitutional Court granted 26 requests, rejected nine cases, and did not accept any other five cases.

With the end of this trial, the Constitutional Court is declared to have completed all 310 applications for Dispute over the 2024 Regional Head Election Results.

Of the 26 applications granted, as many as 24 cases resulted in a decision to hold a re-voting. The KPU in the relevant regions is obliged to carry out this decision according to the instructions of the Constitutional Court.

The deadline for implementing the PSU is as the deadline given by the Constitutional Court, which is 30 days, 45 days, 60 days, 90 days, to 180 days since the verdict was read out on Monday (24/2) then: 1. The deadline is 30 days on March 22, 2025; 2. The deadline is 45 days on April 5, 2025; 3. The deadline is 60 days on April 19, 2025; 4. 90 days on May 24, 2025; 5. The deadline is 180 days on August 9, 2025.

In addition, the Constitutional Court also issued two additional decisions. First, in Case Number 305/PHPU.BUP-XXIII/2025 related to Puncak Jaya Regency, the Constitutional Court ordered the KPU to recapitulate the vote results.

Second, in Case Number 274/PHPU.BUP-XXIII/2025 related to Jayapura Regency, the Constitutional Court has instructed an improvement in writing on the KPU's decision regarding the determination of the results of the 2024 Regent and Deputy Regent Elections.