Chairman Of Gelora Anis Matta Suggests That The Parliamentary Threshold System Be Eliminated

Gelora Chairman Anis Matta/PHOTOS of the Gelora Party DOC

CIREBON - The Gelora Party proposes that the parliamentary threshold system be removed from the general election (election), so that people's representation in parliament can be maximized.

"The 'parliamentary threshold' system makes the level of people's representation in the DPR very low, for that it needs to be eliminated," said Gelora Party Chairperson Anis Matta, in Cirebon, West Java, quoted by Antara, Monday, November 29.

According to him, the system makes many voices unrepresented, because political parties do not have representatives in the DPR.

In fact, the votes obtained by the elected representatives of the people who sit in Senayan are too few in number compared to invalid votes, the votes of parties that do not pass the parliamentary threshold and others.

According to him, of Indonesia's total population of 270 million, only 200 million have voting rights and are listed on the permanent voter list (DPT).

"From the number of residents who entered the DPT, the level of public participation in the election only reached 70 percent to 80 percent," he said.

In addition, the presence of invalid votes and the votes of political parties that do not pass the parliamentary threshold has reduced the number of legitimate votes representing the people in the DPR.

"If the votes are invalid and the votes of the parties that do not pass the 'parliamentary threshold' are called discounts, the discount is bigger than the number of valid votes that enter the DPR," he said.

Anis said that this has made the level of community representation in the legislature potentially very low.

Therefore, his party proposes that the parliamentary threshold be removed from the legislative elections (pileg) and presidential elections (pilpres) to increase public participation in elections.