REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- The Constitutional Court (MK) has approved the examination of Law No. 42 of 2008 on the Election of President, Vice-President and legislative election as filed by the Civil Society Coalition for Elections led by Effendi Gazali.

"General elections will be held simultaneously in 2019," stated the Constitutional Court (MK) Chief Justice, Hamdan Zoelva here on Thursday.

Effendi Gazali and his associate examined a number of related articles on the law that regulates Presidential and legislative elections.

The applicants consider that legislative and presidential elections conducted separately can become inefficient which can eventually harm the constitutional rights of voters.

Effendy proposed that the elections be conducted simultaneously at one go by applying the political system and presidential coattail efficacy (political intelligence).

In 2014 however, the Indonesian people will undergo legislative election in April and presidential election in July.

Regarding the Presidential Coattail, after selecting presidential candidates, voters tend to favor a political party or coalition of political parties which nominate a president, but in a political efficacy, voters can elect members of the legislature and elect a president carried by another party.

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