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THE SHIFT IN THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT’S LEGAL POLICY REGARDING THE DESIGN OF SIMULTANEOUS ELECTIONS: AN ANALYSIS OF CONSTITUTIONAL COURT DECISION NUMBER 135/PUU-XXII/2024 Syah Afandin
Multidiciplinary Output Research For Actual and International Issue (MORFAI) Vol. 6 No. 6 (2026): Multidiciplinary Output Research For Actual and International Issue
Publisher : RADJA PUBLIKA

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Constitutional Court Decision Number 135/PUU-XXII/2024 alters the design of simultaneous elections in Indonesia by separating National Elections and Regional Elections. Utilizing a normative legal research method with case and conceptual approaches, this article examines the ratio decidendi of the separation and its constitutional implications. The determination of a two to two-and-a-half-year interval is based on considerations regarding the workload of election administrators, the cognitive protection of local voters, and the restoration of political party regeneration functions. The Court's application of the positive legislator function raises discussions concerning the boundaries of judicial authority and the principle of checks and balances, the interpretation of which is maintained in Decision Number 124/PUU-XXIII/2025. During the transitional period, this separation results in a misalignment in the tenure periodization of regional heads and members of the Regional House of Representatives (DPRD) elected in the 2024 Elections. The restructuring of these regulations requires an open legal policy from lawmakers and the establishment of a specialized judicial body under the Supreme Court to ensure constitutional legal certainty.