Do Not Participate In The Elite Participation Meeting Regarding The Rejection Of The Closed Proportional Election System, PDIP: We Are Busy Prepared For The Anniversary

PDIP Secretary General Hasto Kristiyanto (Photo: Diah Ayu/VOI)

PDIP is the only political party that has a seat in Senayan parliament that does not participate in meetings of 8 political parties to express its attitude towards rejecting the 2024 election system proportionally closed. PDIP Secretary General Hasto Kristiyanto reasoned that his party did not join because he was busy preparing a series of events for the 50th anniversary of the party at JIExpo Kemayoran which will be held on January 10. "We have just prepared the PDI-P anniversary. Everyone is busy. Today there are five agendas for the party's anniversary," said Hasto when met in the Central Jakarta area, Sunday, January 8. Regarding today's 8 political parties meeting which rejected the closed proportional system, Hasto also responded casually. He views that this political attitude is a common thing for political parties. "The meeting was a good meeting. It was a normal thing in politics to meet each other. We respect the meeting at the Dharmawangsa Hotel as part of our democratic tradition," said Hasto. Regarding the issue of an open proportional electoral system that is to be raised is changed behind closed doors as material for the lawsuit at the Constitutional Court, Hasto said that everything has its own domain. Regarding the legislative function or the making of laws, the realm rests with the DPR. However, when it comes to the judicial review of the 1945 Constitution, the realm rests with the Constitutional Court. Meanwhile, PDIP still holds its stance to support a closed proportional system, in accordance with the material of the lawsuit being submitted to the Constitutional Court. "When it becomes a congressional decision, it is based on a thorough study of a closed proportional system. But PDIP adheres to the principle," he said. "What needs to be realized together is that the judicial review is indeed the domain of the Constitutional Court to test the law against the Constitution. That is not to test opinions, not to test from group pressure but to test laws against our constitution. PDI struggles to obey principles," continued Hasto. Today, the 8 DPR RI political parties agreed to reject the discourse on the 2024 Election system proportionally closed. The eight parties are Golkar, Gerindra, NasDem, PKB, Democrats, PKS, PAN, and PPP. General Chairperson of Golkar Airlangga Hartarto emphasized that they agreed to reject proportionally closed and have a commitment to maintain the progress of democracy in Indonesia which has been carried out since the reform era. "The closed proportional election system is a setback for our democracy," said Airlangga. Meanwhile, according to them, the proportional electoral system is open, a manifestation of democracy based on people's sovereignty, where the people can determine legislative candidates nominated by political parties. "The open proportional election system is the right choice and has complied with the decision of the Constitutional Court Number 22-24/PUU-VI/2008 on December 23, 2008 which has been carried out in three elections and the lawsuit against jurisprudence will set a bad precedent for our law and not in line with the principle of ne bis in idem," explained Airlangga.