KEWENANGAN MAHKAMAH KONSTITUSI MENURUT UUD 1945 TERHADAP PUTUSAN MAHKAMAH KONSTITUSI NOMOR : 90/PUU-XXI/2023

Abstract

In 2024, to be precise, Wednesday, February 14 2024, was designated as the day for simultaneous voting and ELECTION based on the decision of the General Election Commission of the Republic of Indonesia Number 21 of 2022 (KPU RI). THE 2024 ELECTION is a national momentum and a form of democratic practice for the country. Monday, 16 October 2023, the Constitutional Court (MK) again attracted public attention by enacting MK decision Number 90/PUU-XXl/2023, which was the result of a petition submitted by Almas Tsaqibbirru Re A, who gave his power of attorney to H. Arif Sahudi, S.H., M.H., Utomo Kurniawa, S.H., Georgius Limart Siahaan, S.H., Dwi Nurdiansyah Santoso, S.H., and Ilyas Satria Agung, S.H., advocates and legal consultants who are members of the Justice Care Legal Aid Association. The decision concerns article 169 letter q of Law no. 17 of 2017, especially regarding the age requirements to become a presidential candidate and vice presidential candidate. The Constitutional Court is the highest institution of judicial power, the nature of its decisions is final. On 16 October 2023 the Constitutional Court issued a Constitutional Court Decision Number 90/PUU-XXI/2023 which adjudicated constitutional cases at the first and final level, handing down a decision in the case of Review of Law Number 7 of 2017 concerning General Elections against the State Constitution Republic of Indonesia in 1945. Which then raises the pros and cons of this decision.