Regarding The Constitutional Court's Decision, The Terms For Presidential And Legislative Candidates Don't Have To Be S1, Commission II Of The DPR Will Discuss

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JAKARTA - Deputy Chairman of Commission II of the DPR RI, Zulfikar Arse Sadikin responded to the latest decision by the Constitutional Court (MK) which rejected the minimum undergraduate education requirements (S1) for presidential candidates and legislative candidates in the Election Law and regional head candidates in the Pilkada Law.

He said that this issue must be discussed first by members of Commission II of the DPR.

"The condition of education? Our hope is also regulated, but yes, of course, it is in accordance with the agreement of friends. Why was there a history in high school," said Zulfikar at the Parliament Complex, Senayan, Jakarta, Tuesday, October 7.

"Let's track down what history is and that's our compromise, actually it's sociologically as well as an award to our society, which is generally high school matters," he continued.

Previously, the Constitutional Court (MK) rejected a lawsuit related to the educational requirements for at least presidential and legislative candidates in the Election Law and regional head candidates in the Pilkada Law. The Constitutional Court judge refused to change the minimum educational requirements in the two laws.

"To try, reject the Petitioner's application in its entirety," said Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court Suhartoyo when reading the verdict of 154/PUU-XXIII/2025 at the Constitutional Court, Monday, September 29.

In the decision, the Constitutional Court judge assessed that there were no issues of norm constitutionality regarding the educational requirements of presidential candidates, legislative members in the Election Law and the requirements for regional head candidates as regulated in Article 182 letter e and Article 240 paragraph (1) letter e Law 7/2017 in conjunction with Article 7 paragraph (2) letter c of Law 10/2016.

The Constitutional Court judge assessed that the arguments for the petitioner's application for educational requirements were changed to an unwarranted scholar according to the law.

"According to the Petitioner's arguments regarding the lowest educational requirements for presidential and vice presidential candidates, candidates for members of the DPD, candidates for members of the DPR, provincial DPRD, and district/city DPRD, as well as candidates for governor and deputy governor candidates, candidates for regent and deputy regent candidates, as well as candidates for mayor and deputy mayor as stipulated in the norms of Article 169 letter r, Pas 182 letter e, and Article 240 paragraph (1) letter e of Law 7/2017 in conjunction with Article 7 paragraph (2) letter c of Law 10/2016 contradicting the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia. according to law, "said judge MK Ridwan Mansyur.

For information, this lawsuit was filed by a resident named Hanter Oriko Siregar. The applicant asked the Constitutional Court to change the educational requirements for presidential and vice-presidential candidates, legislative candidates, to candidates for regional heads from at least high school to undergraduates.