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Impact Of Constitutional Court Decision Separating National And Regional Elections

THE House of Representatives' Government Affairs Commission has not yet discussed the Constitutional Court's ruling separating national and regional elections. In fact, the ruling returns the implementation of elections in this country to zero because its impact affects regulations and budgets. 

House of Representatives' Government Affairs Commission Dede Yusuf Macan Effendi said that although the discussion was a constitutional mandate, his commission had not yet confirmed the discussion schedule to follow up on the Constitutional Court's ruling with the government. 

According to Dede, the Constitutional Court still provides space for lawmakers to study and review it in more depth before discussing it. In addition, until yesterday the DPR leadership or the Deliberative Body had not decided on the follow-up to the ruling to the Government Affairs Commission. "We are not in a hurry because we are currently still focusing on the development being carried out by the government," he said when contacted, Sunday, June 29, 2025. 

The Constitutional Court's ruling does not only have an impact on the Election Law. There are at least three laws that must be amended to follow it, namely the Regional Head Election Law, the Political Party Law, and the Regional Government Law. Therefore, said Dede, in-depth discussion and study are needed before being followed up. 

Regarding the inclusion of the revision of the Election Law and the Regional Election Law in the 2025-2029 DPR National Legislation Program (Prolegnas), Dede explained that the revision of the Election Law is included in the Prolegnas discussion agenda in the following year or 2026. "It should also be noted that not all discussions of laws can be completed quickly. Because there is efficiency, we only have a quota to discuss perhaps one law per year. That's why we are not in a hurry," said the Democrat Party politician. 

The constitutional judge granted the judicial review lawsuit for the Election Law and the Regional Election Law filed by the Association for Elections and Democracy (Perludem) in case number 135/PUU-XXII/2024. 

In its petitum, Perludem asked the Constitutional Court to revoke the phrase "voting is carried out simultaneously" contained in Article 167 paragraph 3 of the Election Law because it is considered to be contrary to the 1945 Constitution and has no legal force. Thus, the five-box election concept no longer applies to the 2029 Election because the Constitutional Court separated its implementation at different times. 

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