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Constitutional Court yet to receive report over presidential election
As of Thursday night, Constitutional Court only received reports on legislative election disputes, none on presidential election.
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Officials get ready in the 2019 election dispute room at the Constitutional Court in Central Jakarta on Tuesday. Presidential and legislative candidates have three days, starting from Tuesday, the day the General Elections Commission announced the final tally, to challenge the results in court. (JP/Seto Wardhana)
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everal political parties have filed lawsuits over the recent general election since the Constitutional Court opened the window for submissions, but none of the reports received so far is related to the presidential election.
“The deadline for the submission of [reports in] legislative election disputes is 1:46 a.m. on Friday, while the deadline for [filing suits related to the] presidential election is Friday [until midnight],” court spokesman Fajar Laksono said on Thursday.
The court has been open for the submission of lawsuits related to the presidential election result since Thursday and for the legislative elections since Wednesday.
As of Thursday afternoon, the court had only received 10 lawsuits related to legislative elections filed by several parties – the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS), the National Awakening Party (PKB), the Hanura Party, the Democratic Party and the local Aceh Party – and by North Maluku Regional Representatives Council (DPD) candidate Ikbal Hi Djabid.
Fajar said the PKS had submitted reports over disputes in several provinces: West Kalimantan, North Sumatra, Gorontalo, South Kalimantan and Maluku. Meanwhile. The lawsuits filed by Hanura and the Dems were related to disputes in Central Java, and that of the PKB was over East Java.
PKS lawyer Deviyanti Dwiningsih said the disputes reported by the party were mainly related to vote counting.
For instance, they claimed to have found errors in vote counting in Kubu Raya regency of West Kalimantan, which allegedly benefited the United Development Party (PPP). The PPP should have received fewer votes than stated on the vote tally form.
