Jakarta – The 7th President of the Republic of Indonesia, Joko Widodo (Jokowi), has requested the public to respect the decision regarding the presidential threshold or the minimum percentage threshold for proposing pairs of presidential and vice-presidential candidates.
“Yes, that is a final and binding decision, we all must respect what the Constitutional Court (MK) has decided,” he said in Solo, Central Java, Friday (3/1/2025) as reported by Antara.
He said that with that decision, there will be many alternatives for presidential and vice-presidential candidates in the future.
“Yes, the hope is like that,” he said.
He hopes that the decision will soon be followed up by the lawmakers, namely the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR RI).
MK ruling
Previously, the Constitutional Court decided to remove the provision for the minimum percentage threshold for the nomination of presidential and vice-presidential pairs (presidential threshold) in Article 222 of Law Number 7 of 2017 on Elections because it was contrary to the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia.
“Granting the applicants’ request in its entirety,” said the Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court (MK), Suhartoyo, while reading the verdict of Decision Number 62/PUU-XXII/2024 in the MK Plenary Courtroom, Jakarta, on Thursday.
In the consideration of the decision, Deputy Chief Justice Saldi Isra stated that referring to the minutes of the discussion on Article 6A paragraph (2) of the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia, the nomination of presidential and vice-presidential pairs by political parties or coalitions of political parties participating in the election is a constitutional right of political parties.
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