Africa Business News

Indonesia’s Constitutional Court has upheld the minimum age requirement for presidential and vice presidential candidates, shutting down the possibility President Joko Widodo’s eldest son could run for vice president next year. Chief Justice Anwar Usman, who is the president’s brother-in-law, led a panel of nine judges who rejected the petition to lower the minimum age to 35 years from 40. The judges say determining the age limit was up to lawmakers and that the petition had no reasoning according to law.