This is the second time in seven months that Indonesia has made such constitutional changes.
JAKARTA – A court ruling that approved a regulatory change in the minimum age of candidates in Indonesia’s regional elections has sparked criticisms, amid speculation that President Joko Widodo’s 29-year-old son is seeking to run in the Jakarta elections.
The election commission has yet to decide if the minimum age should be amended following the ruling. The Constitutional Court, or Mahkamah Konstitusi, issued a special ruling in October 2023 that effectively allowed Mr Gibran to contest the election despite being 36 years old, younger than the minimum age of 40.
“We can’t just change the rules to suit something that is needed for the current ‘priorities’. Does that make any sense? We can’t just do that over and over again,” he said. Mr Prabowo’s Gerindra party and PSI officials have not made any official comments on Mr Kaesang’s candidacy, but the posters were shared on Gerindra’s official Instagram page, and by a top Gerindra official, on May 29.
Another PDI-P politician, Mr Chico Hakim, also criticised the changes to the law, saying that they would benefit certain figures.
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