Press Statement of President of the Republic of Indonesia Following the Constitutional Court’s Decision, in Beijing, People’s Republic of China, October 16, 2023

Reporter:

The Constitutional Court (MK) has just issued the Constitutional Court’s decision regarding the requirements for presidential and vice presidential candidates, Sir. What is your comment?

President of the Republic of Indonesia (Joko Widodo):

Yes, regarding the Constitutional Court’s decision, please ask the Constitutional Court, not me. Please ask to legal experts, let them assess it. I don’t want to give an opinion on the Constitutional Court’s decision. Later, it can be misunderstood as if I interfered with judicial authority. 

Reporter:

It means Mas Gibran will run as vice presidential candidate, right, Sir?

President of the Republic of Indonesia (Joko Widodo):

The presidential and vice presidential candidates are determined by political parties or coalitions of political parties, so please just ask the political parties, as it is within their domain. And, I emphasize that I am not interfering in the determination process of the presidential or vice presidential candidates.

(RY/MUR)