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    "data": {
        "id": 1709512,
        "msgid": "another-proposal-for-parliamentary-threshold-this-time-from-yusril-1777506842",
        "date": "2026-04-30 06:29:29",
        "title": "Another Proposal for Parliamentary Threshold, This Time from Yusril",
        "author": "Robertus Belarminus",
        "source": "KOMPAS",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Politics",
        "summary": "Yusril Ihza Mahendra, the Coordinating Minister for Law, Human Rights, Immigration, and Corrections, has proposed using the number of commissions in the House of Representatives (DPR RI) as the basis for the parliamentary threshold, requiring parties to secure at least 13 seats to form a faction. Parties falling short could form coalitions or join larger factions to meet this threshold, ensuring no votes are wasted and accommodating the proportional representation system. This suggestion aims to prompt revisions to the MD3 Law to establish a fair middle-ground solution for determining the threshold and faction formation.",
        "content": "<p>Proposals regarding the parliamentary threshold have resurfaced. The\nlatest comes from Coordinating Minister for Law, Human Rights,\nImmigration, and Corrections Yusril Ihza Mahendra, who suggests using\nthe number of commissions in the DPR RI as the benchmark for the\nparliamentary threshold for political parties participating in\nlegislative elections to enter parliament and form factions. \u201cFor\nexample, the benchmark could be the actual number of commissions in the\nDPR. This is currently regulated in the standing orders, but it should\nbe regulated in the law,\u201d Yusril said in Cawang, East Jakarta, on\nWednesday (29\/4\/2026). Under this scheme, according to Yusril, each\nparty must secure at least 13 seats in the DPR RI. Yusril also suggested\nthat participating parties failing to reach 13 seats still have options.\nAccording to him, such parties could form joint coalitions totalling at\nleast 13 seats or join the faction of a larger party. \u201cThis way, no\nvotes are lost, and it is fair for all of us,\u201d Yusril stated. He\nassessed that additional rules are needed to ensure people\u2019s voices\nremain accommodated. This is because the electoral system has been\nagreed upon as proportional, where the distribution of party seats in\nparliament is determined by the percentage of votes obtained. Therefore,\nhe urged revisions to the Law on the MPR, DPR, DPD, and DPRD (MD3) in\nthe hope that it would serve as the basis for determining the agreed\nparliamentary threshold. \u201cAnd I hope this will emerge as a middle-ground\nsolution to address the issue of the minimum threshold, how we determine\nits number, and how we then form factions in the DPR,\u201d he said.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/another-proposal-for-parliamentary-threshold-this-time-from-yusril-1777506842",
        "image": ""
    },
    "sponsor": "Okusi Associates",
    "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com"
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