Following Up On The Constitutional Court's Decision To Remove The Presidential Threshold, The DPR Will Revise The Election Law

DPR-MPR Building. (Dino Januarsa-Unsplash)

JAKARTA - Chairman of Commission II of the DPR RI, Rifqinizamy Karsayuda stated that his party respects the decision of the Constitutional Court (MK) number 62/PUU-XXII/2024 regarding the abolition of the presidential and vice presidential nomination threshold (presidential threshold) of 20 percent.

"We respect, respect the decision of the Constitutional Court which abolished the presidential threshold presentation as stipulated in the current legislation," said Rifqinizamy in Jakarta, Thursday, January 2.

Rifqinizamy said the DPR and the government would immediately follow up on the Constitutional Court's decision by revising the Election Law.

"Of course the government and the DPR will follow up on the formation of new norms in the law regarding the requirements for presidential and vice presidential candidates," said Rifqi.

Rifqi assessed that the Constitutional Court's decision was a new chapter in Indonesia's constitutional democratic landscape. Because according to him, the Constitutional Court has opened up space for anyone to run for presidential and vice presidential candidates.

"I think this is a new chapter for our constitutional democracy where the opportunity to nominate a president and vice president can be more open followed by more pairs of candidates with more open terms," said Rifqi.

Therefore, Rifqi said, the Constitutional Court's decision on eliminating the threshold for presidential and vice presidential candidacy must be respected because it is final and binding.

"Whatever it is, the Constitutional Court's decision is final and binding, therefore we respect and are obliged to follow up," said Rifqi.

It is known that the Constitutional Court removed the threshold for presidential and vice presidential nominations or presidential thresholds. This was decided in the trial of case number 62/PUU-XXII/2024 which was held in the Court Court Session Room, Jakarta, Thursday, January 2.

"Granted the petitioners' petition in its entirety," said the Chairman of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Indonesia, Suhartoyo.

Suhartoyo explained that the norm of Article 222 of Law Number 7/2017 concerning General Elections (State Gazette of the Republic of Indonesia of 2017 Number 182, Additional State Gazette of the Republic of Indonesia Number 6109) contradicts the 1945 Constitution.

The article that was declared contrary was related to the threshold requirements for presidential and vice presidential candidacy by political parties. Article 22 of Law Number 7 of 2017 reads as follows:

"The Candidate Pair is proposed by the Political Party or the Association of Election Participants Political Parties that meet the requirements for obtaining seats of at least 20 percent of the total seats in the DPR or obtaining 25% (twenty-five percent) of the nationally valid votes in the previous DPR Member Election".