Bawaslu Prepares to Face PHPU Lawsuit at the Constitutional Court – 2024-03-14 19:26:22

General Election Commission (KPU) employees sent down the answer file regarding the dispute over the results of the general election (PHPU) of the Presidential Election to the MK (MI / Susanto)

MEMBER of the Indonesian Election Supervisory Body (Bawaslu) Lolly Suhenty said that his party had made preparations to deal with disputes over general election results (PHPU) at the Constitutional Court (MK).

“Now we are in the context of tidying up all the data, both in the nature of prevention and action,” said Lolly in the Kemayoran area, Jakarta, Thursday evening.

Furthermore, said Lolly, Bawaslu RI has provided training to all Bawaslu levels at the district/city level to face PHPU.

“So that they will be able to answer directly and precisely, yes, because in the trial that’s the way to answer, you can’t be long-winded. He has to be ‘to the point’, he has to be able to explain a case,” he said.

Lolly also said that all technical briefings had been provided to election supervisors.

“We have provided all kinds of technical matters to the election supervisors, and of course the most important thing is in writing, yes, we have put all the data in order,” he said.

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Previously, Chairman of Bawaslu RI Rahmat Bagja highlighted preparations ahead of determining the results of the 2024 Election, especially in dealing with PHPU at the Constitutional Court.

“We are also preparing our staff to prepare files because only three days after the determination, reports from the candidate pairs’ teams will definitely start arriving,” said Bagja in a statement received in Jakarta, Wednesday (13/3).

The 2024 elections include the election of the president and vice president, members of the DPR RI, members of the DPD RI, members of the provincial DPRD, as well as members of the district/city DPRD with a national level permanent voter list (DPT) of 204,807,222 voters.

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For the election of president and vice president, three pairs participated, namely Anies Baswedan-Muhaimin Iskandar number 1, Prabowo Subianto-Gibran Rakabuming Raka number 2, and Ganjar Pranowo-Mahfud Md number 3.

Then in the legislative elections 18 national political parties participated, namely (according to serial numbers) National Awakening Party (PKB), Gerindra Party, PDI Perjuangan, Golkar Party, NasDem Party, Labor Party and Gelora Indonesia Party.

Next, the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS), the Archipelago Awakening Party (PKN), the Hanura Party, the Garuda Party, the National Mandate Party (PAN), the Crescent Star Party (PBB), the Democratic Party, the Indonesian Solidarity Party (PSI), the Perindo Party, the Development Association (PPP), and the Ummat Party.

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Apart from that, there are six local political parties as participants, namely the Nanggroe Aceh Party, the Atjeh Beusaboh Tha’at and Taqwa Generation Party, the Darul Aceh Party, the Aceh Party, the Aceh Prosperous Adil Party, and the Aceh People’s Independent Solidity Party.

In accordance with KPU Regulation Number 3 of 2022, the national vote recapitulation for the 2024 Election is scheduled to take place from February 15 to March 20 2024.