Arief Rachadiono Wismansyah, who has served as the Chief of Tangerang for two terms, after five years as the Deputy Mayor, is now turning his attention to a greater challenge, namely the Banten Regional Election, by running for Governor.

He explained that the PKS Central Executive Board’s decision to endorse Anies and Sohibul Iman in the 2024 Jakarta Regional Election was based on recommendations from the PKS Regional Executive Board (DPW) of Jakarta. “I received a letter from the DPW Jakarta structure that had proposed the gubernatorial candidate to the PKS DPP, followed by the deputy gubernatorial candidate to the PKS DPP. The letter asked for approval and endorsement of Mr. Anies Rasyid Baswedan and Mr. Mohammad Sohibul Iman as the gubernatorial and deputy gubernatorial candidates for Jakarta,” said Syaikhu.

**Explanation from Candidates and KPU** The spokesperson for the legal team of the petitioner (Sam HC – Rizky Boncel), Susianto, demanded that KPU Malang City re-verify the data of 13,615 supports that were declared ineligible (TMS). “We have proposed three options: re-upload the data to the Candidacy Information System (Silon), manual counting, or re-administrative verification,” said Susianto. He added that there are real data such as support letters accompanied by scanned e-KTPs and excel data of the support counts that were deemed TMS. The Sam HC team requests that KPU re-upload this data to the Candidacy Information System (Silon). “That is what we are disputing in this process. We also want a maximum deadline of seven days for re-uploading the data,” said Susianto.

“This hearing focuses on the KPU’s decision declaring that the independent candidates did not meet the minimum support requirements,” said Arifudin. The adjudication process at Bawaslu Malang City lasts a maximum of 12 working days from the start of the closed deliberation, and it is now on the fourth day. If on schedule, the decision will be read on July 3.

The Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) does not rule out forming a coalition with the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP) after officially endorsing Anies Baswedan and Sohibul Iman as the gubernatorial and deputy gubernatorial candidates in the 2024 Jakarta Regional Election. “Yes, it is very possible (to form a coalition with PDIP),” said Syaikhu at the Opening of the Party Leadership School at the Grand Sahid Hotel, Central Jakarta, on Tuesday, June 25, 2024.

Hasyim explained that the related regulations are outlined in the draft KPU regulations (RPKPU) Article 19. He hopes that this clarification will provide clarity to the public. “So it’s clear which path to take, whether to become a regional head candidate or continue as a member of the DPR, DPD,” said Hasyim. If they still want to participate in the 2024 Pilkada, Hasyim asks the elected candidates in the 2024 Election to submit their resignation letters to the KPU no later than 5 days after being determined as regional head candidates. “A certificate stating that the resignation letter is being processed by the relevant KPU official should be submitted,” Hasyim emphasized.

Chairman of Bawaslu Malang City, Mochammad Arifudin, stated that the petitioner’s main points, namely the independent candidate pair Sam HC-Rizky Boncel, had been presented. However, the respondent’s response was postponed to Wednesday. “The respondent was not ready to provide their response. We have also not received the draft from the respondent,” stated Arifudin after the hearing. The dispute arose after the KPU’s administrative verification results declared that the Sam HC-Rizky Boncel pair had only submitted 40,689 support documents out of the minimum requirement of 48,882 supports needed to become independent candidates in the 2024 Pilkada. If you enjoyed this write-up and you would such as to get more information relating to Teknologi atasi kejahatan seksual kindly go to our page. Meanwhile, according to Sam HC-Rizky Boncel, they had 54,000 supports. In a closed mediation at Bawaslu Malang City on June 22, no agreement was reached, leading to the adjudication hearing.

Chairman of KPU Malang City, Muhammad Toyib, announced that the election organizers respect the dispute filed by the petitioner and will follow all ongoing legal processes. “If in this hearing we are declared unprepared to provide a response, we will follow and prepare more thoroughly,” he said. Toyib mentioned that the administrative verification process conducted by KPU was according to procedure. KPU believes that Silon is a precise application in terms of administrative results and an essential tool for the administrative verification process as it is connected to the Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Office (Dispendukcapil). “So when there are discrepancies in the support data, we can identify them through Silon,” stated Toyib. Regarding the assessment that Silon is problematic, Toyib mentioned that it is a system issue beyond the control of KPU Malang City. He added that KPU is awaiting the trial process and will comply with whatever the outcome and decision of the trial may be.

The independent candidate pair was declared not meeting the requirements (TMS) in the 2024 Malang City Pilkada by the General Election Commission (KPU) based on the results of administrative verification. Bawaslu had mediated both parties, but no agreement was reached. Thus, an adjudication hearing was held, using a third party, in this case, Bawaslu Malang City, as the adjudicator. The first hearing was held on June 25, 2024, with the agenda being the reading of the petitioner’s request and the response from KPU as the respondent.