Pemberlakuan Penggunaan Presidential Threshold Terhadap Pencalonan Presiden dan Wapres Indonesia Pada Pilpres 2019

Abstract

This study presents the following objectives: first, the application of the Presidential Threshold to the Presidential and Vice-Presidential Candidacy in Indonesia in the 2019 Presidential Election; and second, must the Presidential Threshold still be applied in the future Presidential and Vice Presidential candidacy. This is a normative research, which the approach employed is the statutory approach. The results of the study conclude that the implications of Presidential Threshold provision relates to the number of pairs of Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates in the 2019 general election which shall not exceed 2 pairs of candidates. If the Presidential Threshold remains applicable, injustice will arise for new parties that previously did not participate in the 2014 election. Whether the Presidential Threshold is in fact still relevant or not should be addressed by bearing in mind that it tends to harm the new parties. Hence it should be lowered so that the presidential threshold would allow for alternative candidate pairs that can be carried by parties with minority votes.