Friday, 03 January 2025 – 11:51 WIB
Chairman of the PDI-P DPP Said Abdullah. Photo: Personal documentation
jpnn.comJAKARTA – Chairman of the DPP PDI Perjuangan Said Abdullah responded to the decision of the Constitutional Court contained in decision Number: 62/PUU-XXII/2024 which granted the request for review of Article 222 of Law Number 7 of 2017 concerning general elections.
Said said that when this decision was issued, the provisions of Article 222 of Law No. 7 of 2017 concerning the requirements for presidential and vice presidential nominations by political parties and combinations of political parties must have at least 20 percent of DPR seats or obtain 25 percent of valid national votes in DPR elections or the presidential threshold. (PT) is no longer valid.
“To this decision, we as part of a political party completely submit and obey, because the Constitutional Court’s decision is final and binding,” said Said in his statement on Friday (3/12/2024).
Furthermore, here is the explanation and response of the Chairman of the PDIP DPP Said Abdullah regarding the Constitutional Court’s decision regarding the elimination of the presidential threshold as follows:
1. In consideration of the Constitutional Court’s decision above, the Constitutional Court also ordered the legislators, in this case the government and the DPR, to regulate in the law so that too many pairs of presidential and vice presidential candidates do not emerge, which could potentially damage the essence of the presidential and vice presidential election. president directly by the people.
In its consideration, the Constitutional Court asked the legislators to carry out constitutional engineering, but still pay attention to things such as: all political parties have the right to nominate presidential and vice-presidential candidates and these proposals are not based on the percentage of DPR seats or valid national votes.
However, the nomination of the presidential and vice presidential candidate pairs can be carried out by a combination of parties provided that it does not cause party domination or a combination of parties which results in limited presidential and vice presidential candidate pairs, and to make this constitutional engineering, the Constitutional Court ordered that law makers involve the participation of all parties, including the political parties involved. does not have a seat in the DPR.
Based on the considerations in the decision above, of course we will use it as a guideline later in discussions on the revision of the election law between the government and the DPR.
Chairman of the PDI Perjuangan DPP Said Abdullah responded to the Constitutional Court’s decision contained in decision Number: 62/PUU-XXII/2024.
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