8 Political Parties Reject Closed Proportional, Needdem: The General Election Is Very Lenturic

Illustration of simultaneous 2024 General Elections (Pemilu) which includes the Presidential Election (Pilpres) and the Legislatig Election (Pileg). (Between)

JAKARTA - Member of the Board of Trustees of the Association for Elections and Democracy (Perludem) Titi Anggraini, assessed that the joint statement of eight political parties (political parties) who rejected the closed proportional electoral system was an example for democracy. According to him, the consolidation initiated by the Golkar, Gerindra, Democrats, NasDem, PAN, PKB, PPP, and PKS parties is a good example for voters ahead of the 2024 election. Because of inserting the message that every difference must have similarities and integrity, not division.

"That's also a message to the public, that the dynamics of elections are very flexible dynamics. Therefore, people should not experience polarization that divides their unity and integrity," said Titi Anggraini, Tuesday, January 10. "It turns out that even among political parties, even though they have various choices, they can be found by the equations in the process of implementing elections," he continued.

Titi said that momentum is a lesson for the people that even in differences, there is still cohesiveness that makes political dynamics find its similarities.

"We are also like that, even though political choices are different in many dimensions, we will be able to find similarities," said Titi.

Titi emphasized that the implementation of elections must be faced with logic and has programs. Because it turns out, among political choices that are different from parties, they are actually met with the same idea about open proportional elections. "The election must be faced with logic, common sense and can be realized if we are oriented towards ideas and programs," he said.

Previously, in a statement of 8 political parties' stance, Golkar Party Chairman Airlangga Hartarto asked the KPU to continue to carry out the stages of the 2024 General Election as mutually agreed and contained in the regulations that had been issued. "The KPU continues to carry out its duties as an election organizer by maintaining its neutrality and independence in accordance with the laws and regulations," he said in Darmawangsa, South Jakarta, Sunday, January 8. Airlangga emphasized that they agreed to reject proportionally closed and have committed to safeguarding 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, according to them, there is a manifestation of democracy based on people's sovereignty, where the people can determine legislative candidates nominated by political parties. "The election system with open proportionality 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 is not in line with the principle of ne bis in idem," explained Airlangga.