<![CDATA[This study examines the issue of optimizing the strategic functions of political parties following Constitutional Court Decision No. 62/PUU-XXII/2024, which abolished the presidential threshold requirement for the nomination of the President and Vice President. Until now, the presidential threshold mechanism has influenced political parties’ recruitment functions by encouraging the formation of pragmatic coalitions that are not always based on ideology, cadre development, and party platforms. This study aims to analyze the implications of the abolition of the presidential threshold on political parties’ recruitment functions as well as the design of the presidential and vice-presidential nomination process within Indonesia’s constitutional democratic system. This study employs a normative legal research method using legislative, conceptual, and case-based approaches through an analysis of the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia, election laws and regulations, and Constitutional Court rulings related to the presidential threshold. The results of the study indicate that the elimination of the presidential threshold opens opportunities for political parties to optimize their cadre development and political recruitment through a systematic, tiered process grounded in the party’s ideology and vision-mission. This optimization must be supported by the formation of coalitions based on shared policy agendas and the public interest, rather than merely the division of power. Thus, the Constitutional Court’s ruling can strengthen democratic political competition, the equality of political parties’ rights, and the quality of national leadership.]]>
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