The court again denied a lawsuit for the minimum requirements for S-1 for presidential candidates to DPR candidates

Jakarta – The Constitutional Court (MK) rejects a lawsuit regarding the minimum educational requirements of presidential candidates and legislative candidates in the election law and regional head candidates in the Electoral Act. The Judge of the Constitutional Court refused to change the minimum education requirements in the two laws. “Prosecutor of the applicant’s request for everyone,” said Chief Justice of MK Suhartoyo while reading the Amar decision 154/Puu-XXIII/2025 at the Constitutional Court, Monday (29/9/2025). Browse to continue with the content judges of the Constitutional Court is that there are no constitutional issues regarding the educational requirements of presidential candidates, legislative members in election law and the requirements for regional head candidates regulated in section 182, and Section 240 paragraph (1) letter of legislation 7/2016. The Judge of the Constitutional Court assessed that the argument of the petition of the petitioner who requested that the educational requirements be changed to a bachelor was changed, by law was not reasonable. “ACCOUNTING TO THE PETITIONER’S ARMY COURT REGARDING THE LOWEST EDUCATIONAL Requirements for Presidential Candidates and Vice Presidential Candidates, DPD Candidates, Candidates for Members of the DPR, Provincial DPR, and Regency/City DPR, as Well as Candidates for Governor and Deputy Governor and Deputy Governor and Deputy Governor and Deputy Governor and Deputy Candidates for Regents and Candidates for Bypati, as well as candidates for mayor and vice -Mayor candidates as stipulated in the norms of Article 169 letter R, and Article E. to change candidates for at least high school to graduates or undergraduate candidates. 2015. In their request, the applicant brings the minimum educational requirements for people who work in other errors, such as elementary school teachers, charges, legislation, laws and others. Irrelevant in the context of the challenges of the democratic state today, “the requester said. The applicant said that the minimum education requirements for S-1 were included in the election bill to reform. However, he said, the requirement was revealed again to a minimum high school. should be changed.