PKB Open to Parliamentary Threshold of 5-7%

PKB faction leader in the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR RI), Jazilul Fawaid, stated his party has no objection if the parliamentary threshold is raised to 7 per cent during deliberations on the revised Election Law (RUU Pemilu). However, Jazilul said PKB will continue to listen to various inputs before determining its final position. “For PKB, 5 to 7 per cent is acceptable. But we still have to hear other aspirations. For PKB, a threshold of up to 7 per cent, 5 to 7 per cent, is still permissible,” Jazilul said at the parliamentary complex in Senayan, Jakarta, on Thursday (18/6/2026). Jazilul noted that discussions on the Election Law bill in the DPR have not yet commenced. According to him, PKB is still examining various inputs from the public and stakeholders regarding the substance of the electoral rule revision. “So in due course, PKB will take a stance on several crucial aspects of the Election Law, including the presidential threshold, parliamentary threshold, electoral districts, and simultaneous elections,” he said. “There are many items on the menu, articles that need to be synchronised. So PKB’s current position is reviewing all existing input; we are open to receiving suggestions,” he continued. He stated that the most important aspects of the Election Law bill deliberations are process transparency and the absorption of public aspirations. He also assessed that it would be better if the revision were a government initiative. “It would be good if it came from the government, because if the proposal is from the government, the DIM (Daftar Inventarisasi Masalah) is easier to synchronise with the interests of the parties to speed things up. To speed it up, yes. But fast or slow is not the substance,” he said. “The substance is that the product truly absorbs aspirations from many parties while ensuring democracy or elections run according to democratic principles,” he added. The PKB deputy chairman believes the revision of the Election Law should not only discuss thresholds or electoral synchronicity. It must also address issues of democratic quality. “For instance, currently elections are considered to be heavily influenced by money politics. That needs to be discussed too, not just synchronicity, not just the threshold, but how to make elections clean. I think that must also be regulated in the law,” he concluded.