Five Priorities in the Revision of the Election Law: Thresholds and Anti-Money Politics

JAKARTA — Member of the House of Representatives’ Commission II, Mardani Ali Sera, said there are five issues that will be the main priorities in revising Law Number 7 of 2017 on General Elections (Pemilu). The first is the design of election timing, given Constitutional Court Decision Number 135/PUU-XXII/2024 which ruled that national and local elections should be separated from 2029. ‘Second, the threshold, presidential and parliamentary,’ he said during a public discussion on the theme ‘Preventing Pragmatism and Stagnation in the Revision of the Election Law’, cited from Perludem’s YouTube broadcast, on Wednesday 20 May 2026. In addition, Constitutional Court Decision Number 62/PUU-XXII/2024 regarding the removal of the presidential threshold which previously stood at 20 percent. The next item is about the system for electing legislators, where there is debate over whether to use open or closed proportional representation. ‘Fourth, integrity and anti-money politics, because we have identified those four maladies. High-cost politics that leads to oligarchic politics, which in turn leads to interlocking politics, ultimately involution politics,’ he said. Finally, codification and institutional arrangements for the election administration, which include notes on term lengths and the stance of statesmanship. The DPR’s Commission II aims to have the revised Election Law enacted by the DPR by the end of 2026. ‘The target is the end of 2026 for the enactment of the new Election Law, that is the target,’ the PKS politician said.