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        "id": 1695709,
        "msgid": "two-main-elements-in-determining-the-parliamentary-threshold-1777017127",
        "date": "2026-04-23 13:05:50",
        "title": "Two Main Elements in Determining the Parliamentary Threshold",
        "author": "Nawir Arsyad Akbar",
        "source": "KOMPAS",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Politics",
        "summary": "The parliamentary threshold in Indonesia has become a focal point of discussion among political parties amid delays in revising the 2017 Election Law. Golkar Party elites emphasise the need to balance the principle of One Person, One Vote, One Value (OPOVOV) to ensure meaningful representation with considerations for governability and political stability in the presidential system. They propose raising the threshold to 5% for the national parliament, ideally between 4-6%, and applying it hierarchically to provincial and local legislatures, following the Constitutional Court's conditional upholding of the current 4% threshold for the 2024 elections.",
        "content": "<p>JAKARTA - The parliamentary threshold has once again become a topic\nof discourse among political parties in recent days. This discussion\narose after the House of Representatives (DPR) has yet to deliberate on\nrevisions to Law Number 7 of 2017 on General Elections (Pemilu).\nAlthough no specific figures have emerged from the revision discussions,\nGolkar Party elites remind that determining the parliamentary threshold\nmust consider two key aspects. What are they? \u201cWe must, as much as\npossible, ensure that the people\u2019s votes truly carry meaning. We must\nstrive to uphold the OPOVOV principle (One Person, One Vote, One\nValue),\u201d stated Doli when contacted on Wednesday (22\/4\/2026). \u201cHowever,\nwe must also consider the element of governability, ensuring that\npost-election, all outcomes, namely the government, can function\neffectively,\u201d he added. \u201cTo that end, political stability must be\nfostered through the consolidation of relatively uncomplicated political\nforces. Especially since our system of government is presidential, which\nrequires support from a simple multi-party parliamentary system,\u201d said\nthe former Chairman of DPR Commission II. He proposed setting the\nparliamentary threshold for the DPR RI at 5%, up from the previous 4%.\nIn his view, a parliamentary threshold for the DPR RI in the range of 4\nto 6% is ideal. \u201cI assess that 4-6% is an ideal figure. With the\ncondition that the threshold is applied not only to the DPR RI but also\nto provincial and regency\/city DPRDs in a tiered manner,\u201d Doli stated.\nThe case registered under Number 116\/PUU-XXI\/2023 was filed by Perludem\nBoard Chair Khoirunnisa Nur Agustyati and Treasurer Irmalidarti. In its\nDecision Number 116\/PUU-XXI\/2023, the Constitutional Court (MK) declared\nthe norm of Article 414 paragraph (1), or the 4% parliamentary\nthreshold, constitutional as long as it remains applicable to the 2024\nDPR elections. The MK established at least five prerequisite points.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/two-main-elements-in-determining-the-parliamentary-threshold-1777017127",
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