Deputy Speaker of DPR RI, Sufmi Dasco Ahmad.

progresifjaya.co.id, JAKARTA – Responding to the Constitutional Court (MK) ruling that parties can be disqualified or excluded from participating in elections in their electoral districts (dapil) if they fail to meet the 30% quota for female legislative candidates, Deputy Speaker of the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR RI), Sufmi Dasco Ahmad, expressed his opinion. He supports the Constitutional Court’s decision because it favors women.

“Yes, we are all in the same boat. Perhaps for several elections, there has been a requirement that legislative candidates be 30% female. The General Elections Commission (KPU) usually makes corrections if the number of candidates falls short of 30%. This time, the Constitutional Court’s ruling confirms that parties with less than 30% of their candidates will be disqualified from participating in the election. That’s clear,” explained Sufmi Dasco at the parliamentary complex in Senayan, Jakarta, Tuesday, May 26, 2026.

In his opinion, the potential for women to become legislative members at both regional and national levels is indeed wide open. He even mentioned that many women have the capacity to become members of parliament.

“We consider this a decision that truly favors women. Indeed, under the current 30% requirement, we believe there are still many women who have the true capacity,” said Sufmi Dasco.

The DPR RI, he continued, supports the provision on the female legislative candidate quota. The technical regulations will be included in the revised Election Law.

“We support this requirement. Of course, it will be clearly regulated regarding how candidates will be disqualified if they don’t meet the 30% requirement. This is because we are also avoiding several things that might create loopholes that need to be examined when it’s implemented,” said the Gerindra politician, born on October 7, 1967, whose zodiac sign is Libra.

He also stated, that the Constitutional Court’s ruling was final and binding. Therefore, he emphasized that the Constitutional Court’s ruling regarding the 30% female legislative candidate quota will be included in the Election Bill.

“Yes, the Constitutional Court’s decision is final and binding. So i think we will include it in the revised Election Law,” he added.

As a reminder, the Constitutional Court previously ruled that the requirement for women to represent at least 30% of the population in the general election for DPR/DPRD candidates must be complied with. The Constitutional Court also stated that parties could be disqualified or excluded from participating in the election in their electoral districts if they did not meet the 30% quota for women candidates.

This affirmation was contained in the Constitutional Court’s decision 128/PUU-XXIV/2026, delivered during a Constitutional Court hearing on Monday, May 25, 2026. The petition was filed by Maya Novita Sari, Imas Dion Febriani, Cahya Camila Evanglin, and Fatati Nailul Munadia. They requested that the Constitutional Court declare Article 245 of Law Number 7 of 2017 concerning General Elections unconstitutional because the article does not specify sanctions for political parties that violate the regulation.

In this decision, the Constitutional Court also amended the wording of Article 245 of Law Number 7 of 2017 concerning Elections.

The following is the text of the ruling:

Declares Article 245 of Law Number 7 of 2017 concerning General Elections to be inconsistent with the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia and does not constitute conditional legal binding unless interpreted as “the list of prospective candidates as referred to in Article 243 shall contain at least 30% female representation. “If the requirement for at least 30% female representation is not met, the General Elections Commission (KPU), Provincial KPU, and Regency/City KPU shall disqualify or exclude the political party participating in the general election from the relevant electoral district.”

Previously, the article read:

Article 245

The list of prospective candidates as referred to in Article 243 shall contain at least 30% (thirty percent) female representation.

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