Constitutional Justices Suhartoyo, Daniel Yusmic P. Foekh, and M. Guntur Hamzah chairing a hearing on the provision of minimum age limit of presidential tickets in the Election Law challenged by student Almas Tsaqibbirru, Tuesday (10/3/2023). Photo by MKRI/Panji.

---

JAKARTA (MKRI) — The Constitutional Court (MK) held a judicial review hearing of Article 169 letter q of Law No. 7 of 2017 on General Elections (Election Law) relating to the provision of a minimum age limit for presidential and vice-presidential candidates on Tuesday, October 3, 2023 to ask for confirmation from the Petitioner, Almas Tsaqibbirru, a law student at the University of Surakarta. Constitutional Justices Suhartoyo (panel chair), Daniel Yusmic P. Foekh, and M. Guntur Hamzah presided over the hearing for case No. 90/PUU-XXI/2023 in one of the Court’s panel courtrooms.

At the hearing, Justice Daniel Yusmic P. Foekh asked the reason for the petition withdrawal. “The idea of the withdrawal came from Almas or the advocate? Was it Almas’ wish?” he asked.

Answering the question, Almas said he was informed of the withdrawal by the legal counsel after the withdrawal request had been sent to the Court. He emphasized that he was notified of the wirthdrawal cancellation and the withdrawal on September 29. “I was notified of the withdrawal and then this case is continued,” he said virtually.

Constitutional Justice Suhartoyo the informed the Petitioner and his counsel that the panel of justices would report this confirmation to the justice deliberation meeting (RPH).

Also read:

Petitioners Deems Age Limit a Hindrance for Youth to Run for President

Prospective Advocate Revises Petition on Presidential Tickets’ Age Limit

At the preliminary hearing, legal counsel Dwi Nurdiansyah Santoso said that his client admires young government officials who are successful in building the economy of the regions. Such as Surakarta mayor Gibran Rakabuming who has been successful in growing the economy to 6,25% from -1,74%. The petitioner admitted that there are lot of data shows elected regional heads under the age of 40 in the 2019 Election who have shown good performance. In the petitum, the Petitioner requested that the Court grant the entire petition and declare Article 169 letter q of the Election Law unconstitutional and not legally binding if not interpreted as “At least 40 (forty) years of age or has an experience as a regional head.” 

Author       : Sri Pujianti
Editor        : Nur R.
PR            : Raisa Ayuditha
Translator  : Nyi Mas Laras Nur Inten Kemalasari/Yuniar Widiastuti (NL)

Disclaimer: The original version of the news is in Indonesian. In case of any differences between the English and the Indonesian versions, the Indonesian version will prevail.

---