KPU: Regional Heads Who Advance For Presidential Candidates For Vice Presidential Candidates Must Request Presidential Permission

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The General Election Commission (KPU) requires regional heads who are nominated as presidents or vice presidents to ask for presidential permission. This is regulated in Article 171 paragraph (1) and paragraph (4) of Law Number 7 of 2017 concerning Elections.

"A person who is currently serving as governor, deputy governor, regent, deputy regent, mayor, and deputy mayor who will be nominated by a political party or coalition of political parties participating in the election as a presidential candidate or vice presidential candidate, must ask for permission from the president," said KPU Commissioner Idham Holik at the KPU Building, Jakarta, Monday, October 16 evening.

Idham explained that the letter requesting permission from the regional head to the president must also be submitted to the KPU. The letter will be one of the requirements documents for presidential and vice presidential candidates.

Previously, the Constitutional Court had granted part of the application for judicial review submitted in Case Number 90/PUU-XXI/2023 by Almas Tsaqibbirru Re A, a Surakarta University student.

In the petition, Almas requested that the age requirements for presidential and vice presidential candidates be changed to at least 40 years or with experience as regional heads, both at the provincial and district/city levels.

The KPU will also conduct a study of the decision of the Constitutional Court (MK) in the decision number 90/PU-XI/2023 on Article 169 letter q of Law Number 7 of 2017 concerning the age limit for presidential and vice presidential candidates at least 40 years.

"Based on the Constitutional Court's decision, the KPU will conduct a study of what is amar in the Constitutional Court's decision," said the KPU chairman, Hasyim Asy'ari.