JAKARTA. The result of Limited Meeting on Revision of Law on Election at Presidential Office on Tuesday (13/9) suggested introducing limited-open election system. According to Minister of Home Affairs Tjahjo Kumolo, the system allows public to join with political party in selection process of legislator candidates to contest in election. However, the final decision about the selection will be on political party. Even though the limited meeting has made decision on the election system, government until Tuesday (13/9) has not yet made decision on parliamentary threshold or minimum of votes gained by political party in order to determine number of seats in both central and local parliaments (DPR and DPRD). According to Tjahjo, government is still looking forward to having legal opinion form Ministry of Legal and Human Rights Affairs about 3.5% of parliamentary threshold, which does not affect to certain regions in Indonesia.
Govt suggested limited-open election system
JAKARTA. The result of Limited Meeting on Revision of Law on Election at Presidential Office on Tuesday (13/9) suggested introducing limited-open election system. According to Minister of Home Affairs Tjahjo Kumolo, the system allows public to join with political party in selection process of legislator candidates to contest in election. However, the final decision about the selection will be on political party. Even though the limited meeting has made decision on the election system, government until Tuesday (13/9) has not yet made decision on parliamentary threshold or minimum of votes gained by political party in order to determine number of seats in both central and local parliaments (DPR and DPRD). According to Tjahjo, government is still looking forward to having legal opinion form Ministry of Legal and Human Rights Affairs about 3.5% of parliamentary threshold, which does not affect to certain regions in Indonesia.