KPU commissioner Hasyim Asy’ari said the commission had ordered its regional offices to prepare for trial by holding coordination meetings and technical courses.

“During the meetings, we cover related regulations on election disputes at the Constitutional Court, advocacy strategies as well as evidence verification methods during online and offline hearings, among other topics,” Hasyim said on Jan. 18 as quoted by kompas.com.

The Constitutional Court will kick off preliminary hearings for election disputes on Tuesday, with plaintiffs scheduled to deliver their principal pleadings.

The court aims to settle 132 regional election disputes, comprising seven petitions relating to gubernatorial elections, 112 on regental elections and 13 on mayoral elections. It had initially received 136 disputes, but one petition concerning the Magelang mayoral election in East Java fi led by candidate Aji Setyawan and Windarti was withdrawn.

Three petitions were dropped by the court as they had been fi led twice. They pertained to the regental election in Pegunungan Bintang and Memberamo Raya regencies in Papua, as well as Aru Islands regency in Maluku.

The court would need to settle the petitions by March 24, or 45 days after receiving petitions from the losing candidates, said Constitutional Court Chief Justice Anwar Usman on Thursday as reported by Antara.

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