Posts with tag: Election law

Court’s strange elections ruling leaves Indonesia in constitutional Catch-22

On 26 June 2025, the Constitutional Court issued another momentous decision – the Separate National and Local Elections case. Bucking its own trend of consolidating elections, the court decided to split up national and local elections.

A surprise victory for democracy? Why the Constitutional Court scrapped the presidential nominations threshold

Analysis, Elections

The Constitutional Court’s new ruling is a welcome respite amidst political doom and gloom in the country following the election of Presidential Prabowo Subianto last year, with many fearing he hopes to unravel Indonesia’s democratic system.

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Melbourne Law School Asia Institute Centre for Indonesian Law, Islam and Society Indonesia Forum Faculty of Arts Indonesia Democracy Hallmark Research Initiative

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