MK Hapus Presidential Threshold, Yance Arizona: Atasi Monopoli Elektoral

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00:00The Constitutional Court of Indonesia decided to abolish the Presidential Threshold

00:09or the minimum threshold of the percentage of presidential candidates and vice presidents

00:14in Article 222 of Law No. 7 of 2017

00:18on the voters because it contradicts the Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia in 1945.

00:26Regarding this, in Antara, Jakarta, on Friday, January 3,

00:30the State Legislative Council of Yancey, Arizona,

00:33sees that so far, large parties have dominated in determining presidential candidates and vice presidents.

00:39So, in his opinion, the abolition of the Presidential Threshold can overcome electoral monopolies

00:44and the adoption of Capres-Cawapres can be proposed by each political party

00:48without being tied to the 20% limit of seats in the DPR.

00:52Yancey, who is also the head of the Center for Democracy, Constitution, and Human Rights

00:57at the Faculty of Law of Gajah Mada University,

00:59assessed that this decision had a positive impact on the commitment to revive democracy

01:04for the future of the press and for the people.

01:08The people, as voters, have more options to determine the presidential candidates

01:15and vice presidents who are considered the most suitable to spread their aspirations.

01:21That is one of the positive impacts.

01:24Another positive impact is that this will open up more presidential and vice presidential candidates

01:30so that they can avoid the polarization that has been happening all this time.

01:34If there are only two candidates, in the experience of some voters,

01:37the public is also polarized into two,

01:41and that usually has a long impact, not just when the election is over.

01:48In addition, he said that other impacts of this decision still need to be considered

01:53during the ongoing process, which was then continued by the DPR.

01:57Previously, the removal of the presidential threshold was rejected by the MK 32 times.

02:03Yancey argued that this time the decision of the MK to abolish the decision

02:07can be justified by internal factors, such as the change in the composition of the MK judges

02:11and external factors, namely the momentum of Capres-Cawapres 2024.

02:16From Jakarta, Setian Kahar Vianna, Irvan Syah Nasution, Beritantara News Agency, Muartakan.