Coordinating Minister for Legal, Human Rights, Immigration and Corrections Yusril Ihza Mahendra stated that MK's decision to remove the threshold means that every political party participating in the election has the right to nominate its pair of presidential and vice presidential candidates without any more thresholds.
"In accordance with Article 24C of the 1945 Constitution, the MK decision is final and binding," Mahendra remarked here on Friday.
Before the threshold was abolished, Article 222 of the Election Law stated that presidential and vice presidential candidates must be supported by at least 20 percent of the seats in the House of Representatives (DPR) or receive at least 25 percent of the national valid votes of political parties or coalitions of political parties based on the results of the previous election.
Mahendra emphasized that all parties, including the government, are bound by MK's decision.
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According to the minister, the MK must have carefully considered various factors before making this decision. As such, the government accepts the ruling and refrains from commenting on it like academics or activists.
"The MK has the authority to evaluate the norms of laws and is also authorized to determine whether it runs contrary to the 1945 Constitution," he stated.
The minister affirmed that the government will address the implications for the implementation of the 2029 Presidential Election.
The government will work along with the DPR in the event of any changes and additions to norms in the Election Law resulting from the removal of the presidential threshold.
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