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All eyes to focus on poll dispute hearing
The police have heightened security ahead of Friday’s hearing to maintain order at the court and to ensure that the hearing will proceed smoothly.
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Prabowo (center, in black cap and beige top) addresses hundreds of supporters during a mass prayer held on April 19, just two days after the election, at his residence in South Jakarta. (Courtesy of/Prabowo-Sandiaga campaign team)
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s the hearing of the presidential election dispute at the Constitutional Court approaches, the plaintiffs, defendants and security forces are gearing for what is to be the resolution to the 2019 election.
The General Elections Commission (KPU) sent on Wednesday several trucks to the court, carrying 272 containers of evidence to support its official vote count that led to incumbent President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo being declared the winner over challenger Prabowo Subianto.
KPU commissioner Hasyim Asy’ari said each of the 34 provincial KPUs had gathered eight containers of evidence, regardless of whether they were disputed in Prabowo’s lawsuit, to show that the poll body was ready to refute all allegations of fraud leveled against it.
The submitted evidence included originals and copies of various vote tally ( C1 ) forms and minutes, ranging from the polling station level to the central KPU office.
The evidence was prepared to counter several allegations in Prabowo’s lawsuit, which was filed on May 24, including that the final voters list (DPT) was incorrect and that there were errors on the KPU’s ballot count website Situng.
The Prabowo camp returned to the court on Tuesday to revise the lawsuit by adding more evidence and allegations.
The revised lawsuit includes two additional allegations regarding election malfeasance. The first is that Ma’ruf Amin, Jokowi’s running mate, violated the law by maintaining his position at state-owned bank subsidiaries and the second is that the incumbent committed fraud in his campaign funds report.
