Indonesia's constitutional court rules threshold for presidential candidates unconstitutional

Indonesia's Constitutional Court decided to quash the threshold for presidential and vice presidential candidacy in future elections after finding Article 222 of Law No. 7 of 2017 on Election, which regulates the threshold, unconstitutional. [ . . . ] Article 222 of the law, which the petitioners challenged, stipulates that a party or a coalition of parties must secure a minimum of 20 percent of parliamentary seats or 25 percent of the popular vote nationwide to nominate a candidate in the presidential election. Justice Saldi Isra explained the court ruling by stating that Indonesia's Constitution grants political parties the right to nominate a presidential and vice-presidential candidate in elections.
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