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The Constitutional Court (MK) abolished the Presidential Threshold (PT) rule of 20 percent.. Photo Illustration: Natalia Laurens/JPNN
jpnn.comJAKARTA – The Constitutional Court (MK) abolished the rule regarding party threshold requirements for nominating the President and Vice President of the Republic of Indonesia or the Presidential Threshold (PT) of 20 percent.
This was stated when the Constitutional Court decided on the trial of lawsuit number 62/PUU-XXII/2024 with Enika Maya Oktavia always the applicant, Thursday (1/2).
“Granting the petitioners’ request in its entirety,” said Suhartoyo when reading out the verdict at the trial, Thursday.
It is known that the 20 percent PT provision is contained in Article 222 of Law Number 7 of 2017 concerning General Elections (Election Law).
The Constitutional Court, said Suhartoyo, stated that the norms of Article 222 of the Election Law were contrary to the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia and had no binding legal force.
“Contradicts the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia and has no binding legal force,” said Suhartoyo.
In its considerations, the Constitutional Court also considered that the PT’s regulations were contrary to the political rights and sovereignty of the people, as well as violating morality, rationality and injustice.
“The threshold regime for nominating pairs of presidential and vice presidential candidates, whatever the size or percentage, is contrary to Article 6A paragraph (2) of the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia,” said Deputy Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court Saldi Isra when reading out the legal considerations for case number 62/PUU-XXII/ 2024.
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