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JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) \u2014 Indonesia\u2019s top court on Monday ruled against lowering the minimum age of presidential and vice presidential candidates as the country gears up for election in 2024.<\/p>\n
The court\u2019s decision is final and can\u2019t be appealed.<\/p>\n
In August, seven politicians \u2014 including from the Indonesian Solidarity Party chaired by the youngest son of current President Joko Widodo \u2014 filed a petition against the current age limit for candidates, asking it to be lowered to 35 instead of 40, arguing it was discriminatory.<\/p>\n
The 7-to-2 decision by the nine-judge panel of the Constitutional Court rejected the arguments, saying it wasn\u2019t the court\u2019s role to change the age limit for candidates and that it was up to the parliament to set such laws.<\/p>\n
Two judges argued that while the court should uphold the age limit as is, it could add a special exception to those who \u201cserved or been elected as regional leaders.\u201d<\/p>\n
Widodo\u2019s eldest son, Gibran Rakabuming Raka, currently serves as Mayor of Surakarta and has not announced that he would run, but politicians publicly backing former general Prabowo Subianto running for the 2024 presidential election have called for Gibran to become his running mate. Gibran is currently 36.<\/p>\n
Indonesia, the world\u2019s third-largest democracy, is set to vote in simultaneous legislative and presidential elections in February 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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