Coalition Of Non-Parliamentary Islamic Political Parties Is Difficult To Realize

JAKARTA - Unsoed political observer Ahmad Sabiq assessed that the discourse on forming a coalition of non-parliamentary Islamic political parties would be difficult to materialize.

This is because the idea is considered only to smooth the PPP path back to parliament in the 2029 election.

"This is because PPP did not qualify for parliament. This is the first time PPP has been eliminated from parliament and of course it is very painful for PPP, which has always existed," he said, Sunday, June 8, 2025.

Previously, a senior PPP politician, Zainut Tauhid Sa'adi, launched a discourse on a coalition of non-parliamentary Islamic political parties rather than 'promoting' PPP as merchandise to national entrepreneurs and elites ahead of the congress.

He argues that it would be better if PPP focused on consolidating political power through the formation of a coalition of Islamic political parties.

Apart from PPP, three Muslims did not qualify for parliament in the 2024 Legislative Election, namely the United Nations, the Ummat Party, and the Gelora Party.

The Gelora Party and the United Nations are part of a coalition of political parties supporting Prabowo-Gibran before the 2024 presidential election.

Last December, the Ummat Party also expressed support for the Prabowo-Gibran government.

According to Sabiq, the assumption that the formation of a coalition of non-parliamentary Islamic political parties to smooth PPP to parliament in 2029 makes a lot of sense.

The reason is, PPP in the 2024 Legislative Election did not pass the parliamentary threshold of 4 percent.

The party bearing the Kaaba symbol after only winning 5,878,777 votes or 3.87 percent of the 84 electoral districts (dapil).

"Hopefully, if the coalition discourse is accepted, the UN and its friends will merge into PPP. Thus, later the voices of all political parties will at least be able to meet the parliamentary threshold," he added.

However, Sabiq was pessimistic about the discourse of the coalition initiated by PPP, which was accepted by other non-parliamentary Islamic political parties.

This is because every political party has its own bargaining position and interests, especially political parties that are already in the circle of power.

He emphasized that Muslim voters need more concrete solutions from Islamic political parties such as PPP, PBB, the Ummat Party and the Gelora Party in responding to various national problems.

This is what causes these political parties to not be able to qualify for parliament.

"Islamic political parties do not have enough ability to answer various problems faced by the community today, such as poverty and unemployment. They must be able to provide solutions to the nation's problems if they want to vote in the 2029 election," concluded Sabiq.