KAHMI proposes two-party system

JAKARTA: Muslim Students Alumni Association (KAHMI) suggested on Saturday that the country adopt a two-party system for the 2009 elections.

KAHMI leader Abdul Asri Harahap said the system would cut a lot of the election costs as well as create political stability.

He said the idea was discussed during the KAHMI congress that concluded on Saturday, Participants in the congress said the biparty system provided a clear-cut political division between the ruling party and opposition that worked well in many democratic states.

The general elections in April saw 24 parties contending 550 seats at the House of Representatives.--Antara Alwi said the new ruling took effect immediately. --Antara