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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Politics
Aisyah Llewellyn

Age no barrier as Indonesia gears up for February 2024 elections

Prabowo Subianto, right, is twice the age of his running mate Gibran Rakabuming Raka [Willy Kurniawan/Reuters]

Medan, Indonesia – Over the past two weeks, Indonesia’s Constitutional Court has been pondering the often globally debated topic of age and whether it matters for political office.

Last week, the court had to rule on a legal challenge to lower the current minimum age for vice-presidential and presidential candidates from 40 to 35.

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