Judge: MK Cannot Determine Minimum Age Limit For Presidential And Vice Presidential Candidates, Authority In DPR

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JAKARTA - The Constitutional Court (MK) stated that it is possible to determine the minimum age limit for presidential and vice presidential candidates. As a result, the determination by the Constitutional Court may lead to dynamics

"The Court cannot determine the minimum age limit for presidential and vice presidential candidates because it is possible to have dynamics in the future," said judge of the Constitutional Court Saldi Isra in the presidential and vice presidential age trial, Monday, October 16.

"In addition, if the Court determines it, the flexibility will become lost and can trigger the emergence of various applications related to the requirements for the minimum age of other public positions to the Constitutional Court," said Saldi Isra.

The Constitutional Court emphasized that the affairs of the presidential and vice presidential age limits are the authority to form the law, namely the DPR.

According to the Court, the minimum age of presidential and vice presidential candidates who are adapted to the dynamics of the life of the nation and state completely disrupts the realm of the legislators to determine it. Therefore, the argument for a quo's application is unwarranted according to law, "said Saldi