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View all search resultsConcerns are growing over possible efforts to further restrict competition in the next presidential elections, with speculation mounting over tighter candidate nomination requirements as lawmakers continue to delay revisions to the General Election law.
The four students of Sunan Kalijaga Islamic State University in Yogyakarta say that they decided to file a judicial review request challenging the presidential nomination threshold after seeing the Constitutional Court rule in favor of another student who petitioned for a change in presidential candidate's requirements.
The Constitutional Court's ruling that annuls the presidential nomination threshold has become a breath of fresh air for the country's democracy and electoral system, according to smaller political parties with and without seats in the national legislature.
The Constitutional Court annulled on Thursday the threshold for political parties in nominating presidential candidates, restoring hopes for more competitive polls in the future after more than a dozen attempts to open up the race.
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