Gelora Party rejects proposed parliamentary threshold for regional elections

The central leadership of the Gelora Party has firmly rejected the proposed introduction of a parliamentary threshold for regional legislative councils (DPRD) in the upcoming election law revisions. Party Chairman Anis Matta stated that Gelora opposes any form of threshold, not only for the national parliament (DPR) but also for regional bodies.

Matta emphasized that the party's principle is to fight for the abolition of all thresholds, drawing a parallel to the already removed presidential threshold. He made these remarks on Saturday after attending a training event for his party in Jakarta. The party chairman indicated that discussions are ongoing with other political parties concerning the revisions to the election law.

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Gelora Party in principle fights for the abolition of all forms of thresholds, both for the center and for the regions, as the threshold for presidential elections has already been abolished.

This stance comes in response to a proposal by the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Sufmi Dasco, who had previously tasked Commission II with gathering input from parties outside the DPR. The Deputy Chairman of the Legislation Body (Baleg) of the DPR, Ahmad Doli Kurnia, suggested that the proposed changes to the parliamentary threshold in the election bill should also apply to provincial and district/city DPRD levels, though with varying percentages.

Kurnia proposed a national threshold of 4-6 percent, with 4 percent for provincial DPRD and 3 percent for district/city DPRD. However, the election bill has not yet been officially debated, and despite being on the DPR's priority legislation agenda, there are no clear signs of it being discussed with the government.

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In the process, there is communication.