PAN Satire The Oligarchy Amien Rais Ummat Party, Can You Break The Parliamentary Threshold?

JAKARTA - Politician of Partai Amanat Nasional (PAN) Guspardi Gaus insinuated that the Ummat Party, which Amien Rais had just declared, was practicing oligarchy.

The reason is that Amien Rais is the chairman of the Syuro Council on the party's body bearing the golden star shield. Meanwhile, the general chairman was his own son-in-law, Ridho Rahmadi.

"The public will judge whether the practice of the oligarchy or the parties formed in the royal system has applied to the Ummat Party. Of course, the people are smart, we invite the public to judge", said Guspardi, Friday, April 30.

Guspardi admitted that PAN did not feel competed with by the presence of the Ummat Party. According to him, every citizen has the right to establish a party.

"It remains just how to become a political organization capable of accommodating people's aspirations through elections", he said.

The member of Commission II of the Indonesian Parliament reminded that the requirements to become election participants were not easy. Apart from being legalized by the Ministry of Law and Human Rights, it must also be verified by the General Election Commission (KPU).

"This is part of the actualization rather than democracy. Just to be a participant in the election, of course, the requirements to become a political party participating in the election must also be met", said Guspardi.

As a new party, this member of The legislative body of the Indonesian Parliament is pessimistic that the Ummat Party can make its way to Senayan in the upcoming 2024 General Election. This is because there is a parliamentary threshold for obtaining votes.

"After that, there are other steps, to be in Senayan you must be able to meet the parliamentary threshold, and usually it is difficult and difficult for new parties to achieve this", he said.