JAKARTA: A regulation requiring a certain number of votes before political parties may nominate a presidential candidate was declared unconstitutional by Indonesia’s Constitutional Court on Thursday. This ruling may allow for a larger field of candidates to run in 2029. Currently, in order for a party to nominate a presidential candidate, it must receive 20 percent of the vote in a parliamentary election, either alone or in a coalition.
A group of college students opposed it, claiming it restricted the rights of smaller parties and voters.
The petition was granted by Chief Justice Suhartoyo, who stated that the threshold “had no binding legal power.” However, the verdict did not indicate whether the bar should be lowered or eliminated.
Judge Saldi Isra stated that all political parties ought to be permitted to nominate a candidate.
The head of the parliamentary panel in charge of elections, Rifqi Nizamy Karsayuda, told local media that MPs would act after the decision, describing it as “final and binding.”
A request for comment on the decision was not immediately answered by Indonesia’s law minister.
The decision was hailed by Arya Fernandes, a political analyst at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, because it reduced the reliance of smaller parties on larger parties and permitted them to nominate a candidate.
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