Two political parties holding seats in the DPR have rejected the\nproposal to apply a parliamentary threshold to regional legislative\nelections. The two parties in question are the Democratic Party and\nPKS.<\/p>\n
General Secretary of the Democratic Party, Herman Khaeron, stated\nthat the threshold, intended as an effort to simplify the party system,\nis already sufficiently applied at the DPRD level.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor the DPRD, a zero percent threshold is already quite\nappropriate,\u201d said Herman when contacted on Wednesday, 6 May 2026.<\/p>\n
According to him, the absence of a threshold in the DPRD so far has\nbeen a form of providing space for individual representation on behalf\nof their party due to their election in a smaller electoral district\nscope.<\/p>\n
Instead, he continued, applying a threshold in the DPRD would widen\nthe risk of valid votes not being converted into parliamentary seats.\n\u201cSo, in our view, the current policy in the DPRD does not need to be\nchanged,\u201d Herman stated.<\/p>\n
In agreement with Herman, Mardani Ali Sera, a member of Commission II\nof the DPR from the PKS Faction, said that applying a threshold in the\nDPRD would indeed create simplification of the party system as it\napplies in the DPR currently.<\/p>\n
\u201cHowever, this has the potential to eliminate diversity of political\nparties in the regions,\u201d said Mardani.<\/p>\n
Previously, the proposal to apply a threshold down to the DPRD level\nwas put forward by Deputy General Chairman of the Golkar Party, Ahmad\nDoli Kurnia Tandjung. He assessed that a threshold for DPRD could be\napplied in stages or smaller than the threshold applied for DPR\nelections.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor example, 5 percent for the DPR. Well, for provincial DPRD it\ncould be 4 percent, and for regency\/city it could be 3 percent,\u201d said\nDoli when contacted on Tuesday, 22 April 2026.<\/p>\n
Similarly to Doli, Chairman of Commission II of the DPR, Muhammad\nRifqinizamy Karyasuda, also proposed applying a threshold for DPRD. The\nreason is that this policy is considered important to create effective\ngovernance.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe propose that the threshold applies not only at the national\nlevel, but also at the provincial and regency\/city levels,\u201d said the\nNasDem politician on Thursday, 24 April 2026.<\/p>\n
The Constitutional Court Decision Number 52\/PUU-X\/2012, among others,\nannulled the provisions of Articles 208 and 209 of Law Number 8 of 2012\nconcerning Elections for Members of the DPR, DPD, and DPRD, particularly\nregarding the threshold for determining the allocation of DPRD Type I\nand II member seats.<\/p>\n
Before being annulled, those articles contained rules for a threshold\nof 3.5 percent of the national valid votes from a party to be included\nin the determination of seat allocation for DPR and DPRD members.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/democrats-and-pks-reject-proposal-for-dprd-parliamentary-threshold-1778158487", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }