JAKARTA Coordinator of the Indonesian Voter Committee (TePI), Jeiry Sumampow proposed tightening the selection of political parties participating in the election as an alternative to simplifying political parties in parliament if the parliamentary threshold (PT) is abolished.
According to him, after the decision of the Constitutional Court (MK) on changes to PT by 4 percent in the 2029 election, the DPR and the government can abolish the amount of PT in the revision of the upcoming Election Law.
"It is better if the parliamentary threshold for the DPR RI is abolished. As for the simplification of parties in parliament, it is enough to tighten the selection of political parties participating in the elections. So that if the party has passed as an election participant, it is deemed appropriate to enter parliament," he said, Sunday, March 3, 2024.
Jeiry assessed that this was to uncover a loophole that could be used to outsmart the Constitutional Court's decision which was considered a responsibility. He actually hopes that the Constitutional Court will take a firm stance by completely removing the parliamentary threshold.
"Unfortunately, the lifting of the threshold is not accompanied by firmness about what the right threshold figure is," he added.
Therefore, the Constitutional Court's decision seems to have weaknesses by still submitting a determination of the parliamentary threshold to legislators, namely the DPR RI and the central government.
"This is the weakness of the Constitutional Court's decision. It's not finished. Because later the DPR will determine that the parliamentary threshold remains and the figure can also be made 3.5 percent. If so, it will still hinder people's sovereignty," said Jeiry.
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