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February 27, 2025 | 05:50 pm
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Chairperson of the General Election Commission (KPU) Mochammad Afifuddin said that verifying the authenticity of regional head candidates' diplomas during the 2024 Regional Elections (Pilkada) could take a long time.
This resulted in instances where the victories or candidacies of regional head candidates were later annulled by the Constitutional Court (MK).
"We have limitations in stating whether someone's diploma is authentic or not in a very short time. To declare something (a diploma) as fake, we need a court decision," said Afifuddin in a meeting with the House of Representatives Commission II at the Senayan Parliament Complex on Thursday, February 27, 2025.
Three regions, namely Pesawaran Regency, North Gorontalo Regency, and Palopo City, saw regional head candidates involved in fake diploma cases. According to Afifuddin, the Regional Election Commission (KPUD) in these three regions was unable to verify the diplomas' authenticity within the allotted period.
"The [authentication] process was not completed at the time when they had to decide whether someone met the requirements or not, or during the nomination period," he said.
In its decision on election result disputes on Monday, February 24, 2025, the MK judges disqualified mayoral candidate Trisal Tahir in the Palopo Regional Election. The MK determined that the package C diploma used by Trisal Tahir as a nomination document was fraudulent.
"Declaring the disqualification of the mayoral candidate from the candidate pair Number 4 (Trisal Tahir) from participating in the election of the Mayor and Deputy Mayor of Palopo in 2024," said Chairperson of MK Suhartoyo.
A similar incident occurred with the candidate for Regent of Pesawaran Regency, Aries Sandi Darma Putra B, who turned out to lack a valid high school diploma.
In decision Number 20/PHPU.BUP-XXIII/2025, Aries was considered to have failed to meet the requirements of a high school diploma or equivalent as a requirement for regent nomination.
Previously, the MK ordered a re-voting process in 24 regions for various reasons. In the Papua Gubernatorial Election, for example, MK mandated a re-vote and disqualified the candidate for Deputy Governor of Papua, Yermias Bisai. This disqualification stemmed from the MK's determination that Yermias's candidacy requirements were invalid.
Likewise, in the Serang Regency Regional Election, MK also ordered a re-vote. This decision was based on evidence that Minister of Villages Yandri Susanto had conducted and participated in activities that directed village heads to support candidate pair number two, Ratu Rachmatuzakiyah, who is Yandri's wife.
MK assigned varying deadlines for the implementation of the re-voting processes across the different regions, ranging from 30 to 180 days, depending on the terrain and logistical challenges of each area.
Vedro Imanuel Girsang contributed to this article.
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