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        "id": 1589917,
        "msgid": "dpr-threshold-hard-to-lower-psi-we-will-press-ahead-to-win-seats-in-2029-1772701920",
        "date": "2026-03-05 14:40:27",
        "title": "DPR Threshold Hard to Lower, PSI: We Will Press Ahead to Win Seats in 2029",
        "author": "Dani Prabowo",
        "source": "KOMPAS",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Politics",
        "summary": "PSI will persist in contesting the DPR in 2029 despite difficulty lowering the 4% parliamentary threshold. The party has never won representation in parliament since its 2014 founding. Its leader argues that the threshold is ineffective and notes a Constitutional Court ruling that presidential nomination rights do not belong to parties merely represented in parliament.",
        "content": "<p>JAKARTA \u2014 Ahmad Ali, the acting chairman of the Indonesian Solidarity\nParty (PSI), says the party will continue to strive to qualify for the\nDPR in 2029, even though lowering the parliamentary threshold from 4\npercent remains difficult. Ali noted there is no turning back for PSI,\nwhich has never entered the DPR since its founding in 2014.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Whatever the conditions, whatever the requirements, there is no\nlonger any path for us to retreat. We will surely press on toward\ncontesting in 2029, and ensure that PSI enters Parliament as one of the\nparties,\u2019 Ali told Kompas.com on Thursday, 5 March 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Ali said PSI would be more adaptable to rules set by the government\nand the DPR. Consequently, he does not see the benefit of the\nparliamentary threshold for the 2029 elections.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018In the Constitutional Court ruling, it is also stated that the right\nto nominate a presidential candidate is not a right of the party that\nhas seats in parliament,\u2019 he explained. \u2018If so, what is the point, what\nis the use of restricting the parliamentary threshold?\u2019 he added.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Like yesterday, the PPP had 12 seats, which were enjoyed by certain\nparties such as PDIP, NasDem, and others. Yet the public did not vote\nfor PDIP or NasDem. As a result, because PSI did not pass, how many\nseats did it have yesterday? And PPP did not pass because its party did\nnot reach 4 percent, meaning the millions of votes entrusted to PPP were\nwasted,\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n<p>Ali also suggested that only one or two party leaders remain\nego-driven in insisting on the parliamentary threshold. He said other\nparty leaders are statesmen, aware that building the nation must be done\ntogether. \u2018But for PSI, at this point, PSI does not have the right to\nvote. Since PSI is not yet in parliament, we do not have the right to\ndebate approval or rejection,\u2019 he added.<\/p>\n<p>The debate over changing the parliamentary threshold has resurfaced\nalongside plans by the DPR to revise the Election Law.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/dpr-threshold-hard-to-lower-psi-we-will-press-ahead-to-win-seats-in-2029-1772701920",
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    "sponsor": "Okusi Associates",
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