50% of vote must for majority<\/p>\n
From Pikiran Rakyat<\/p>\n
I would like to comment on an article titled Elite dan Rakyat
\n(The elite and the people) in Pikiran Rakyat on June 20, 1999.<\/p>\n
The fourth paragraph reads: \"The Indonesian Democratic Party
\nof Struggle's (PDI Perjuangan) victory in the 1999 general
\nelection is undeniable and is proof to what extent the Indonesian
\npeople want Megawati to be Indonesia's fourth president.\"<\/p>\n
In my opinion, this statement could lead to an erroneous
\npublic opinion. Provisional vote count results from the General
\nElections Commission in fact show that PDI Perjuangan won more
\nvotes than the other political parties, with 32 percent of the
\nvote. However, it has not earned 51 percent of the vote, the
\nminimum number to be called the majority. The use of the word
\nmajority for 32 percent of the vote is not correct.<\/p>\n
We must explain to the people that the June 7, 1999, general
\nelection was not a presidential election, but an election of
\nlegislative candidates. According to the 1945 Constitution, the
\npresident must be elected by the People's Consultative Assembly.<\/p>\n
If the June 7 elections were a presidential election, and
\nsuppose Megawati obtained 32 percent of the vote, Habibie 23
\npercent, Gus Dur 19 percent, Hamzah Haz 17 percent and Amien Rais
\n11 percent, it could be concluded that the majority of the
\nIndonesian people wanted Megawati to be the country's fourth
\npresident.<\/p>\n
A direct presidential election by the people has been recently
\nproposed by Habibie, but has not become law.<\/p>\n
YUSUF ISKANDAR<\/p>\n
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