Brilio.net – The Constitutional Court (MK) rejected the request for judicial review of Article 169 letter (q) of Law Number 7 of 2017 concerning General Elections (Election Law) regarding the proposed age limit for presidential candidates (capres) and vice presidential candidates (cawapres). by the Indonesian Solidarity Party (PSI).
“Rejecting the petitioners’ petition in its entirety,” said Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court Anwar Usman in the decision/decision reading session at the Indonesian Constitutional Court Building, Newsdelivers.com, Monday (16/10).
Anwar said that the court concluded that the application submitted by PSI was legally groundless in its entirety.
According to the court, Article 169 letter (q) of the Election Law does not violate the right to equality in law and government.
(brl/lea)