JAKARTA - The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP) is conducting in-depth studies through a team of experts regarding the size of the parliamentary threshold in the discussion of the Draft Law on General Elections (RUU Pemilu).
Secretary General of the Central Leadership Council (DPP) of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan) Hasto Kristiyanto said that this step was taken to ensure that the democratic system in Indonesia remains effective and stable.
"This is doing a study because we have to talk about how at the provincial level, how at the district/city level. We also have to see how the will of the people in seeing the importance of aspects of representation through the existence of political parties in parliament," said Hasto when met in Jakarta, Saturday.
The parliamentary threshold is a minimum vote acquisition requirement that political parties must achieve in legislative elections to be able to obtain seats in the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR).
Initially, he said, the parliamentary threshold was an instrument in the consolidation of democracy. In the presidential system of government, a counterpart in the form of a simple multiparty is needed to increase the effectiveness of decision-making, as well as provide a solid power base for the president and vice president.
Thus, according to him, the instrument is not just a number, but a key to consolidating democracy. Hasto reminded Indonesia's historical experience at the beginning of the reform period. He assessed that the overly extreme multi-party system proved to be able to hinder the effectiveness of government.
It is said that Indonesia once experienced an extreme multi-party regime in 1999 when so many political parties were in parliament at that time, so that the instrument of democracy consolidation called the parliamentary threshold was used.
Although PDIP adheres to the principle of simple multi-party for the strengthening of the presidential system, he emphasized that the exact amount and technical implementation at the regional level is still in the maturation stage.
In order to produce credible recommendations, PDIP also involves internal think tanks to comprehensively dissect the issue.
"PDI Perjuangan is still conducting studies. We are forming a team of experts, including using the Megawati Institute as a think tank to conduct in-depth studies related to this," he said.
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