Indonesia Constitutional Court rules on pension payouts and village head age limit
On 29 June 2026 the Mahkamah Konstitusi (Indonesia’s Constitutional Court) convened a plenary session to deliver decisions on 29 constitutional review petitions.
The Court upheld the minimum age requirement of 25 years for candidates for village head (kades), rejecting a challenge by two university students who argued the rule violated their constitutional rights. Chairman Suhartoyo noted the petitioners “failed to demonstrate concrete constitutional loss.”
In a separate ruling, the Court struck down mandatory periodic payment provisions in Law No. 4/2023 on pension funds, allowing benefits from voluntary pension schemes to be paid either in a lump sum or in installments at the participant’s choice. The decision overturns parts of Articles 161 (2) and 164 (1‑d) of the law.
The Court also rejected the full constitutional challenge to the 2023 Health Law filed by former BSSN deputy head Dharma Pongrekun, affirming the constitutionality of the provisions on “extraordinary events” and epidemics.
A petition contesting a clause in the oil‑and‑gas law concerning fuel‑price impacts was dismissed because the applicants could not substantiate any constitutional injury.
Other petitions reviewed included matters relating to the police law, election law, financial sector law and the armed forces law, but the above decisions attracted the most public attention.