Jakarta, May 2 -- The discourse on revising Law Number 7 of 2017 concerning General Elections emerged after the Constitutional Court (MK) decided on the 2024 Presidential Election results dispute on April 22 this year.

During the hearing, Justice Ridwan Mansyur emphasized the need for a change in the paradigm on the neutrality of executive power to realize honest and fair general elections, as mandated by Article 22E, Paragraph (1), of the 1945 Constitution.

The article firmly states that elections must uphold the direct, general, free, confidential, honest, and fair ( luber jurdil ) principles.

A paradigm change would require a revision of the General Elections Law.

Apart from that, restrictions on the use of or linking of government...