INFLUENCE OF DECISIONCONSTITUTIONAL COURT OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDONESIANO. 90/PUU-XXI/2023ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF LAW, POLITICS AND DEMOCRACYIN INDONESIA

Abstract

At the age of 20 years, the Constitutional Court (MK), which was founded in 2003, is the biological child of reform, and is the main institution (primary organ) that was born in the reform era, is the result of the third amendment to the 1945 Constitution. The Constitutional Court, as regulated in Article 24C, has the task of being an institution that guards the constitution (the guardian of the constitution). This means that the Constitutional Court guarantees that there are no provisions in a law that are contrary to the 1945 Constitution. Thus, the Constitutional Court must be able to properly guard the constitution and be able to realize justice and truth and uphold the values ​​of the nation's dignity and honor.On October 16, 2023, through Decision No. 90/PUU-XXI/2023, the Constitutional Court again took a controversial action that should not have been done, for a country that upholds the values ​​of law and democracy. The Constitutional Court through its controversial decision granted the lawsuit filed by the applicant, a student of the Faculty of Law, Surakarta University named Almas Tsaqibbirru, against Article 169 letter q of Law Number 7 of 2017, concerning the minimum age requirements for Presidential and Vice Presidential Candidates, through a dissenting opinion decision, the Constitutional Court finally "Granted the applicant's request in part."Through the Constitutional Court Decision No. 90/PUU-XXI/2023, it can certainly influence the development of legal, political and democratic development in Indonesia.