Support PT Zero Percent, PAN: Eliminate Negative Perceptions Of Political Parties

ILLUSTRA TION BY VOI

JAKARTA - Partai Amanat Nasional (PAN) Party supports that the presidential threshold (PT) be lowered to zero percent. Even PAN has voiced the regulation since the discussion of the revised Election Bill.

"PAN has agreed that the presidential threshold is zero percent. Even since the discussion of the Election Bill (Law Number 7 of 2017), where I participated as a member of the Special Committee, the attitude of PAN has been clear that the presidential threshold is zero percent", said Deputy Chair of PAN, Viva Yoga Mauladi, Wednesday, December 15th.

According to Viva, the zero percent presidential threshold will create new shoots for Indonesia's leadership. This is because there are no longer any restrictions on the nomination of pairs of candidates by political parties or coalitions of political parties.

"(The presidential threshold of zero percent, ed) eliminates negative impressions and perceptions of political parties that are considered to be hijackers of the Pancasila democratic system and become the root of oligarchic leadership as a virus for democratic health", said Viva.

Even though Viva said, even though a zero percent presidential threshold is applied, not all political parties will nominate their cadres in the presidential election. Because, he said, several conditions must be met. For example, about logistics, electability, campaign structure and organization, and others.

However, according to him, this zero percent presidential threshold can eliminate the danger of potential conflict due to few or only two pairs of candidates. Especially if there are more than three pairs of candidates, Viva said, the potential for conflict will be relatively low.

"And if it will be applied in the 2024 election, then Law number 7 of 2021 must be revised. In 2021 Law Number 7 of 2017 has been issued in the national legislation program (Prolegnas)", explained Viva.