shall be submitted directly to election by the people, and the ticket which receives the highest
total of votes shall be sworn in as the President and Vice-President.
(5) The procedure for the holding of the election of the President and Vice-President shall be
further regulated by law.
Article 7
The President and Vice President shall hold office for a term of five years and may subsequently
be re-elected to the same office for one further term only.
Article 7A
The President and/or the Vice-President may be dismissed from his/her position during his/her
term of office by the MPR on the proposal of the House of Representatives (Dewan Perwakilan
Rakyat or DPR), both if it is proven that he/she has violated the law through an act of treason,
corruption, bribery, or other act of a grave criminal nature, or through moral turpitude, and/or that
the President and/or Vice-President no longer meets the qualifications to serve as President
and/or Vice-President.
Article 7B
(1) Any proposal for the dismissal of the President and/or the Vice-President may be submitted by
the DPR to the MPR only by first submitting a request to the Constitutional Court to investigate,
bring to trial, and issue a decision on the opinion of the DPR either that the President and/or Vice-
President has violated the law through an act of treason, corruption, bribery, or other act of a
grave criminal nature, or through moral turpitude, and/or that the President and/or Vice-President
no longer meets the qualifications to serve as President and/or Vice-President.
(2) The opinion of the DPR that the President and/or Vice-President has violated the law or no
longer meets the qualifications to serve as President and/or Vice-President is undertaken in the
course of implementation of the supervision function of the DPR.
(3) The submission of the request of the DPR to the Constitutional Court shall only be made with
the support of at least 2/3 of the total members of the DPR who are present in a plenary session
that is attended by at least 2/3 of the total membership of the DPR.
(4) The Constitutional Court has the obligation to investigate, bring to trial, and reach the most
just decision on the opinion of the DPR at the latest ninety days after the request of the DPR was
received by the Constitutional Court.
(5) If the Constitutional Court decides that the President and/or Vice-President is proved to have
violated the law through an act of treason, corruption, bribery, or other act of a grave criminal
nature, or through moral turpitude; and/or the President and/or Vice-President is proved no longer
to meet the qualifications to serve as President and/or Vice-President, the DPR shall hold a
plenary session to submit the proposal to impeach the President and/or Vice-President to the
MPR.
(6) The MPR shall hold a session to decide on the proposal of the DPR at the latest thirty days
after its receipt of the proposal.
(7) The decision of the MPR over the proposal to impeach the President and/or Vice-President
shall be taken during a plenary session of the MPR which is attended by at least 3/4 of the total
membership and shall require the approval of at least 2/3 of the total of members who are
present, after the President and/or Vice-President have been given the opportunity to present
his/her explanation to the plenary session of the MPR.