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  1. The Constitutional Court shall render a decision on the opinion of the House of Representatives regarding an alleged violation by the President and /or Vice-President according to the Constitution.
  2. The Constitutional Court is composed of nine members of constitutional justices who are designated by the President, of whom three are nominated by the Supreme Court, three by the House of Representatives, and three by the President.
  3. The chief justice and the deputy chief justice of the Constitutional Court are elected from and by the constitutional justices.
  4. A Constitutional Justice shall have integrity and impeccable personality, be fair, be a statesperson mastering the constitution and constitutionalism, and not concurrently hold any position as a state official.
  5. The appointment and discharge of constitutional justices, the judicial procedure, and other provisions regarding the Constitutional Court are regulated by law.
Article 25
The requirements of the appointment and discharge of a judge are stipulated by law.

CHAPTER IXA
STATE TERRITORY

Article 25A
The Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia is an archipelagic state having an Archipelagic (Nusantara) character with a territory, the borders and rights of whose territory is stipulated by law.

CHAPTER X
CITIZENS AND RESIDENTS

Article 26
  1. Citizens consists of indigenous Indonesian peoples and persons of foreign origin who have been legalized as citizens in accordance with law.