Facing Lawsuits After Presidential And Vice Presidential Candidates Reaches A Maximum Of 70 Years, Constitutional Value Experts Are Infected With Consistency

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JAKARTA - The Constitutional Court (MK) immediately decided a number of lawsuits against the Election Law. This time it is about the requirements for the age of the presidential and vice-presidential candidates to be a maximum of 70 years. Constitutional law researcher, Bivitri Susanti sees this as the initial symptom of the MK's collapse in the context of politicization, which began since the controversial verdict regarding the minimum age limit for presidential and vice-presidential candidates. Previously, last Monday, the Constitutional Court granted part of the lawsuit regarding the minimum age limit for presidential and vice presidential candidates. The obscenity of the decision was considered political because it was allegedly related to Prabowo Subianto's coalition plan to make Gibran Rakabuming Raka, President Jokowi's son as vice presidential candidate. "This is when the Constitutional Court opens up opportunities to enter the political combat arena so that what is happening now, people, what they want to try to go to the Constitutional Court," said Bivitri in a written statement received in Jakarta, Sunday, October 22. Next week, the Constitutional Court faces tougher challenges because of its track record in the previous verdict. The Constitutional Court has its own consistency. "Even though this age is not the Constitutional Court's authority. Maybe later there will be people who, moreover, are strange trying to go to the Constitutional Court." "This is actually the case in his legal consideration, Saldi Isra, called the Constitutional Court to build its own puddle. This is what happened." A lawsuit related to the maximum age limit of 70 years for presidential and vice-presidential candidates will limit the candidacy of a number of candidates, including Prabowo, who is now 72 years old.

"It will be very natural when political actors want to use all means to pass or tackle someone. If this age limit is clear, the goal is Prabowo, who is now the oldest."