Court upholds Sinyo's win

Court upholds Sinyo's win

JAKARTA: The Supreme Court upheld on Thursday the victory of
Sinyo Sarundayang and his running mate Freddy Sualang in the
election for North Sulawesi governor and deputy.

The panel of judges said the plaintiffs, the two out-polled
tickets of Ferry Tinggogoy/Hamdi Paputungan and Wenny
Warouw/Marhany Pua, had failed to provide enough evidence to
contest the election result, which was made official by the
provincial elections commission.

It was the first dispute regarding gubernatorial election
result heard by the Supreme Court, the verdict of which is final.

The plaintiffs had said the election commission failed to
register around 30,000 eligible voters, but the judges said it
would be too little to change the result, which saw Indonesian
Democratic Party of Struggle candidates Sinyo and Freddy secure
more than 50 percent of the vote. -- Antara