The General Elections Commission (KPU) has opted to ignore for now the Supreme Court’s ruling on the second phase of vote counting for the legislative elections, and instead focus on the legal challenges over its handling of the presidential poll, an official said Tuesday.
Andi Nurpati, the KPU member in charge of vote counting, said the commission remained concerned about the court’s ruling, but added it would not yet decide on how to implement the ruling in light of the recent challenge mounted by losing presidential candidates against the election results.
“The KPU has yet to schedule a meeting to implement the ruling, because right now we’re facing this legal challenge over the results of the presidential election,” Andi said at the KPU office in Central Jakarta.
“We’ll basically prioritize our preparation to face the challenge at the Constitutional Court. Then we’ll discuss the implementation of the Supreme Court’s ruling.”
Last Thursday, the Supreme Court announced it had annulled the KPU’s legislative elections results for the second phase of ballot counting.
As a consequence of the Supreme Court's ruling, 66 House seats will shift from smaller to larger parties, with a further 1,300 regional council seats to change hands as well.
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