Last week, nine days after the court ruled to accept presidential and vice presidential candidates under the age of 40 provided they had experience as elected regional leaders, 36-year-old Surakarta Mayor Gibran registered as a vice presidential candidate alongside presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto, setting the stage for a hotly contested three-way race.

Questions then arose concerning the legality of Gibran’s application given that the KPU had not yet changed its candidacy regulations to comply with the Constitutional Court’s ruling.

However, on Tuesday, lawmakers on House of Representatives Commission II overseeing home affairs approved the relevant revisions to the poll body’s regulation (PKPU).

The changes were made despite a chorus of disapproval and calls to delay the decision from lawmakers, with the most vocal objections coming from the PDI-P, the largest party in the House, whose relationship with the President has soured.

Heru Sudjatmoko of the PDI-P called on his colleagues not to rush their decision on the new regulation, citing an ongoing probe launched by the newly established ethics council of the Constitutional Court into alleged violations committed by justices in deciding the case.

“Perhaps we don't need to rush this. Let [the ethics council] conclude first. Because if not, we will eventually hold elections that could be formally legitimate but morally illegitimate,” Heru said.