After five weeks of almost non-stop hearings, the Constitutional Court announced it had resolved all 71 lawsuits involving almost 600 election dispute cases, leaving the national legislative election results pending.
The court partly granted up to 27 lawsuits from political parties as well as regional representative council members.
“We’ve carried out hearings day and night. Disagreements on our decision are bound to happen, but the court’s decisions are final and binding,” Constitutional Court chief Mahfud MD said Wednesday.
Incomplete, unclear, mixed up and inconsistent evidences as well as poor coordination between plaintiffs and their lawyers had often sparked controversy during hearings, Mahfud said.
“More than 50 percent of the evidence provided to us was either incomplete or unclear. We could opt to reject the evidence, but in the name of substantive justice, the Court was willing to process such evidence,” he said.
The court ordered the General Elections Commission (KPU) carry out election reruns and vote recounts in several areas such as South Nias, North Sumatra; Rokan Hulu, Riau; Yahukimo, Papua; and Tulang Bawang, Lampung, because of various election violations.
On June 11, the court also ordered the KPU to revise the national legislative election results after it found the results had been based on a misinterpretation of the official legislative seat allocation method. The verdict could lead to some 26 legislators losing their seats in the House of Representatives.
The court also recorded the longest hearing day: On May 28, the hearing between the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) and the KPU lasted 17 hours
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