Indonesia's Presidential Threshold: An Analysis of Legal and Political Dynamics
Article Sidebar
Main Article Content
Abstract
Abstract: The presidential threshold is the nomination requirement employed by political parties to select the President and Vice President. In Indonesia, the regulation governing the presidential threshold is outlined in Article 222 of Law No. 7/2017 on General Elections. This article stipulates that candidate pairs must be proposed by political parties or a coalition of political parties participating in the elections, provided they meet the criteria of obtaining at least 20% of the total seats in the DPR (The House of Representatives of the Republic of Indonesia) or obtaining 25% of the national valid votes in the previous DPR elections
Purpose: This study aims to determine the political dynamics of threshold presidential regulation law in Indonesia.
Design/Methodology/Approach: The type used in this research is normative legal research, and uses several approaches, namely the statute approach, conceptual approach, and historical approach.
Findings: In principle, the regulation of the presidential threshold is an open legal policy or open legal policy of the legislator, but its application in Indonesia, the presidential threshold has shortcomings because first, it makes legislative elections a prerequisite for the presidential election, and second, the legislative elections that are used as requirements have occurred in the previous election period, which in terms of political configuration is certainly different from the elections that will take place or are taking place. The application of the presidential threshold in Indonesia is also inappropriate because 1) it eliminates independent Presidential candidates; 2) it excludes the participation of non-parliamentary political parties to determine their own Presidential candidates; 3) it only benefits established/large political parties; 4) it is not suitable if applied in a presidential system, because the President in this system is not responsible to parliament; 5) the emergence of transaction politics; and 6) the limited number of choices of Presidential candidates offered.
Originality/Value: There has not been much research on presidential threshold arrangements in their formation, especially based on the political dynamics of law that developed during the formation process
Article Details
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
References
Abu Tamrin. 2013. “Urgensi Pemilu Presiden Dan Wakil Presiden Secara Langsung Di Era Reformasi.” Jurnal Cita Hukum 1, no. 2.
Adjie Hari Setiawan. 2023. “Politik Hukum Presidential Threshold 20% Dalam Undang-Undang Nomor 7 Tahun 2017.” Jurnal APHTN-HAN 2, no. 1 (January).
Aji Baskoro. 2019. “Presidential Threshold Di Indonesia Dalam Perspektif Maslahah Mursalah.” Jurnal Legislatif 2, no. 2: 39–56. https://www.viva.co.id/berita/politik/926377-alasan-pemerintah-pakai-ambang-batas-presiden-25-.
Dian Fitri Sabrina, and Muhammad Saad. 2021. “Keadilan Dalam Pemilu Berdasarkan Sistem Presidensial Threhold.” Pranata Hukum 3, no. 1: 15–37.
Dwi Rianisa Mausili. 2019. “Presidential Threshold Anomaly in Indonesian Government System: Parlementer Reduction in Indonesian Presidential System.” Bappenas Working Papers 2, no. 1: 31–42.
Efriza. 2018. “Refleksi Dalam Memaknai Eksistensi Rakyat: Antara Pemilihan Presiden Dan Pemilihan MPR.” Jurnal Renaissance 3, no. 1.
Hayatun Na’imah. 2015. “Peralihan Kekuasaan Presiden Dalam Lintasan Sejarah Ketatanegaraan Indonesia.” Jurnal Studi Islam Dan Humaniora 13, no. 1.
Juang Intan Pratiwi, Neneng Salama, and Siti Ulfah. 2021. “Pembatasan Masa Jabatan Presiden Di Indonesia.” Jurnal Rechten: Riset Hukum Dan Hak Asasi Manusia 3, no. 1: 18–26.
Mahfud MD. 2020. Politik Hukum Di Indonesia. 10th ed. Depok: Rajawali Pers.
Maychellina, Vina Sabina, and Rizky Bangun Wibisono. 2023. “President Elections Mechanism: Comparative Studies from Indonesia, Russia, and Türkiye.” Mimbar Keadilan 16, no. 2 (August): 234–48.
Muhammad Mukhtarrija, I Gusti Ayu Ketut Rachmi Handayani, and Agus Riwanto. 2017. “Inefektifitas Pengaturan Presidential Threshold Dalam Undang-Undang Nomor 7 Tahun 2017 Tentang Pemilihan Umum.” Jurnal Hukum Ius Quia Iustum 24, no. 4.
Peter Mahmud Marzuki. 2016. Penelitian Hukum. Jakarta: Kencana.
Putra Perdana Ahmad Saifulloh. 2022. “Penafsiran Pembentuk Undang-Undang Membentuk Kebijakan Hukum Terbuka Presidential Threshold Dalam Undang-Undang Pemilihan Umum Yang Bersumber Dari Putusan Mahkamah Konstitusi.” Jurnal Rechts Vinding 11, no. 1.
Rahmat Teguh Santoso Gobel. 2019. “Rekonseptualisasi Ambang Batas Pencalonan Presiden Dan Wakil Presiden (Presidential Threshold) Dalam Pemilu Serentak.” Jambura Law Review 1, no. 1: 94–119.
Rosa Riswati. 2009. “Pemilihan Umum Presiden Dan Wakil Presiden Indonesia Dalam Kerangka Sistem Pemerintahan Presidensiil.” Jurnal Konstitusi 2, no. 1: 10–38.
Sultoni Fikri, Baharuddin Riqiey, Muhammad Iffatul, and Miftaqul Janah. 2022. “PROBLEMATIKA KONSTITUSIONALITAS PRESIDENTIAL THRESHOLD DI INDONESIA.” Jurnal Hukum Positum 7, no. 1