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        "msgid": "surya-paloh-on-parliamentary-threshold-currently-being-deliberated-1771721449",
        "date": "2026-02-21 15:48:04",
        "title": "Surya Paloh on Parliamentary Threshold: Currently Being Deliberated",
        "author": "",
        "source": "CNN_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Politics",
        "summary": "NasDem Party chairman Surya Paloh has indicated that his party's parliamentary faction is actively deliberating the parliamentary threshold value, signalling support for raising it to seven per cent to simplify Indonesia's multi-party system. The issue is on the 2026 national legislation programme for discussion by House Commission II, following a Constitutional Court ruling requiring the government and parliament to review the current four per cent threshold based on adequate study.",
        "content": "<p>NasDem Party chairman Surya Paloh has said his party\u2019s faction in the\nHouse of Representatives (DPR) is currently deliberating the\nparliamentary threshold value.<\/p>\n<p>Paloh made the remarks after the send-off of the NasDem Java Island\nSafari Team at NasDem Tower in Central Jakarta on Saturday (21\nFebruary).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is being deliberated by our colleagues in the DPR, the DPR\nfaction, naturally together with Commission II. I am leaving it to them\nfirst to work on it together with the leaders of other factions,\u201d Paloh\nsaid.<\/p>\n<p>Paloh signalled that NasDem would remain consistent with its\nlongstanding proposal for a threshold of seven per cent. He said NasDem\nwished to simplify the multi-party system into a selected party\narrangement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNasDem honestly believes that if we could shift from a multi-party\nsystem to a selected party system, it would be far more effective for\nimplementing the benefits of the democratic freedoms we possess. So it\nis something worth reflecting upon,\u201d Paloh said.<\/p>\n<p>The parliamentary threshold is regulated through the Election Law.\nThis year, the amendment to the law has been included in the 2026\nnational legislation programme (prolegnas) for deliberation by House\nCommission II.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, the Constitutional Court (MK) had previously called for\nthe four per cent parliamentary threshold to be reviewed through its\nDecision Number 116\/PUU-XXI\/2023.<\/p>\n<p>The Court ruled that the parliamentary threshold may remain in force\nprovided the DPR and the government set the figure based on adequate\nstudy. The ruling is final and binding, meaning the DPR and the\ngovernment are obliged to revise the Election Law.<\/p>",
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