Legal Literacy - This article discusses the political phenomenon of the 2024 election, including reflections on the Constitutional Court's decision, conflicts of interest, public opinion, and the internal and external factors affecting the decline of democracy. It also explores the importance of political and legal reforms and the future of democracy in the context of Indonesian politics ahead of the 2024 election.
The Constitutional Court Decision: A Reflection
The decision of the Constitutional Court, which has been pronounced and decided openly to the public and has been decided on 16 October 2023 for approximately 7 hours, leaves reflective questions. This question targets the Constitutional Court as a law enforcement institution that has decided its decision based on the Constitution, but the probability of the public's response to this decision certainly varies. This variety of responses does not prevent the aggregation of political and legal conceptions in political-legal issues ahead of the general election for President and Vice President.
The limits and qualifications set according to legal regulations remain a debate that has not yet ended. Many assumptions are aggregated, but few can be realized. Realizing the context of the petition submitted by the petitioners, what kind of basis it is, and the basis for reasons that the petitioners consider sufficient to state that the constitutional rights of the petitioners have been violated regarding a normative formulation of statutory regulations. Of course, society, in general, seems to be led to generalized assumptions. Society cannot present the flow and framework of its assumptions in a more basic manner.
Conflicts of Interest and Public Opinion
Almost all people stated that the context of the application to test the formula for setting the age limit for nominations for presidential and vice-presidential candidates was very steeped in conflicts of interest. The interests referred to here are only agreed upon in a very narrow sense, namely marital or blood relations or kinship relations drawn into political power relations. It still cannot be said that enough people are questioning the direction and purpose of the petitioners' interests, and certain political parties are submitting these petitions to the Constitutional Court.
The issue of age limits is only brought into the flow of thought patterns that target certain political figures or those currently in office without ever wanting to debate matters of interest in a very contentious political context (constraints of interests). Not only that, public opinion is also at stake in politics and political interests. Does anyone question how law and politics are related to each other, law which should be able to transcend its rigidity and politics which should not limit its flexibility to the variety of possibilities that occur. Yes, law and politics are a phenomenon.
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