Accommodation Of The Constitutional Court's Decision, Legislative Council Calls Threshold Only Valid For Non-Parliamentary Parties

The Room Of The Legislation Body Of The DPR/DOK PHOTO: Nailin In Saroh-VOI

JAKARTA - The Legislation Body (Baleg) of the DPR RI accommodates part of the decision of the Constitutional Court (MK) which changes the provisions of the election nomination threshold by imposing it only for non-parlement parties or not having seats in the DPRD. This is regulated in the problem inventory list (DIM) of Article 40 of the Draft Law on the Election of Regional Heads (RUU Pilkada). "This is actually adopting the Constitutional Court's decision to accommodate non-parliamentary parties in the regions. So, you can also register with the KPU, you couldn't before," said Deputy Chairman of the Legislative Council of the Republic of Indonesia, Achmad Baidowi, who chaired the meeting at the parliament complex, Senayan, Jakarta, Wednesday. Parties that have seats in the DPRD, he said, will continue to follow the old rules, namely a minimum of 20 percent of the DPRD's seat acquisition or 25 percent of the valid votes. The following are the provisions of Article 40 that have been changed: (1) Political parties or coalitions of political parties that have DPRD seats can register candidates if they meet the requirements for obtaining at least 20 percent of the total number of DPRD seats or 25 percent of the accumulated valid votes in the general election of DPRD members in the area concerned. (2) Political parties or coalitions of political parties that do not have seats in the provincial DPRD can register candidates for governor and deputy governor candidates with the following conditions: a. Provinces with a population of up to 2,000,000 people, political parties or coalitions of political parties participating in the election must get a valid vote of at least 10 percent in the province. Previously, last Tuesday, the Constitutional Court (MK) decided on two crucial decisions related to the stages of nomination of regional heads, namely Decision Number 60/PUU/XXII/2024 and 70/PUU-XXII/2024. Decision Number 60/PUU/XXII/2024 changes the threshold for nominating political parties or coalitions of political parties to nominate pairs of candidates for regional heads and candidates for deputy regional heads.

Meanwhile, the Constitutional Court Decision No. 70/PUU-XXII/2024 confirms that the minimum age limit for regional head candidates is calculated since the determination of candidate pairs by the General Elections Commission (KPU). The decision invalidated the previous Supreme Court (MA) decision which stated that the age limit was calculated since the elected candidate pair was sworn in.